John Brown family letters : Kansas, 1855-1856.

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John Brown family letters : Kansas, 1855-1856.

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Four ALS. In a letter of June 12, 1855 Wealthy writes from Brownsville to her sister-in-law Ruth Thompson. She tells of the trip from Ohio to Kansas and of the cholera outbreak onboard the steamer "New Lucy". She comments on the other passengers, who were mainly slaveholders and their wives. Wealthy goes on to describe their claims, extols the virtues of the Kansas climate and countryside, and urges Ruth and Henry Thompson to join them. In a letter from Osawatomie dated February 10, 1856, Frederick Brown writes of the events of January 15th that culminated in the murder of Mr. E. P. Brown [R. P. Brown?] by a group of proslavery men. In the first of two letters to family and friends, Jason Brown writes from Osawatomie on June 28, 1856. He tells of answering the call to defend the city of Lawrence and of receiving word of the taking of Lawrence and of the murder of five proslavery men on Pottawatomie Creek. He describes at length his and John Jr.'s imprisonment and their forced march to Lecompton and then Tecumseh. He briefly describes the skirmish at Hickory Point in which Salmon Brown and Henry Thompson were wounded. In Jason's letter of August 13, 1856 he tells of his attempts to protect the claims from looting and burning and reports that Missourians are said to be gathering to attack Osawatomie.

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Brown, Wealthy.

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Brown, John, 1821-1895

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Farmer and soldier; son of John Brown, the abolitionist; b. at Hudson, Ohio; moved with brother Owen Brown to Osawatomie, Kan., 1855 where was elected a member of the legislature; led group of militia to the relief of Lawrence, Kan., after it had been "sacked" by a pro-slavery force; served with the Kansas Brigade during the Civil War but was forced to resign because of illness; did not participate in the Harper's Ferry raid; in 1862 purchased a ten-acre plot on the south shore of South Bass Isl...

Brown, Jason, 1823-1912

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Brown family.

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Five of abolitionist John Brown's sons moved to Kansas in 1855. The unmarried sons, Owen, Salmon, and Frederick went first and were followed by John Jr. and Jason and their families later that spring. The Browns staked claims near Pottawatomie and were joined by their father and other family members in October. John Jr. became active in Free-State politics, served as a delegate to the Topeka Legislature, and was elected captain of the newly formed Pottawatomie Rifle Company. In May 1865 John Jr....

Pottawatomie Rifle Company.

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Brown, Frederick Z.

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Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...