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The abolitionist John Brown (1800-1859) was involved in the killing of five people in the Pottawatomie massacre, as a leader of an anti-slavery group in Kansas in 1856. Three years later, he was captured, tried, and executed for his attack on the armory at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

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led acts during the 1800's to abolish slavery.

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Q: What did John Brown do that made him infamous?
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