On Dec. 2, 1859 this militant abolitionist was hanged for treason
[DOC] [TLE] JURIST - This Day at Law [PAR] On December 2, 1859, militant abolitionist John Brown was hanged for murder 
and treason in the wake an unsuccessful attack on the US armory at Harper's... [DOC] [TLE] John Brown Biography Page [PAR] He frequently sought the company of blacks, for 2 years living in a freedmen's ... 
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