John Brown's Holy Work

Events

Birth

1800 May 9

John Brown was born in Torrington, Conneticut

War of 1812

1812

John Brown Marries Dianthe Lusk

1820 June 21

John Brown leaves for the wilderness of Pennsylvania

1826

Brown built his own tannery there.

Dianthe Lusk dies at age 22

1832

Lusk died while giving birth to her last child.

John Brown remarries with Mary Day

1833 June 14

Mary Day was 16 years old. She cared for his 5 children he had with Lusk and gave him 13 of her own

John Brown moves his family to Franklin Mills, Ohio

1836 January 1

John Brown vows to end slavery

1837

He did this at Elijah LoveJoy's funeral.

Proslavery shot Elijah Love Joy

1837 November 7th

He was shot for his abolitionist newspaper.

John Brown's bankruptcy ceased

1842 september 28

Kansas Nebraska Act

1854

The Kansas Nebraska Act gave settlers the right to vote if they wanted their states to be free or slaved.

John Brown Returns To Los Alba

1855

He follows his sons to Los Alba, Kansas.

John Brown directs and plans attack on Pottawattomie

1856 may 24

Pottawatomie Massacre

1856 may 25

John Brown meets with the secret six

1857 January 1

He met with this influential group of abolitionists known as the Secret Six.

John Brown attacks two proslavery homes in Missouri

1858 January 1

Arrives in Sandy Hook, Maryland

1859 july 3

John Brown meets with Frederick Douglass

1859 august 16

He met with Frederick Douglass and tried to convince him to join him on his raid to Harper's Ferry.

John Brown begins the Harper's Ferry raid

1859 october 16

Death Sentence

1859 november 2

John Brown in hung

1859 december 2

First shots of the Civil War

1861 april 12

Confederate batteries open fire on Fort Sumter; marking the start of the Civil War

Slavery Ends

1865

the thirteenth amendment to the constitution ends slavery.