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John Brown
  Category:   Union Abolitionist
 
  Born:   1800  
 
  Died:   1859  

Overview:   After creating havoc in Kansas and Missouri, he and five of his sons captured the arsenal at Harper's Ferry. His goal was to collect arms to start a slave revolt but he was captured at the arsenal and later hung for treason.



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