He believed that he was 'an instrument of God', : 248 raised up to strike the 'death blow' to American slavery, a 'sacred obligation'.
First reaching national prominence for his radical abolitionism and fighting in Bleeding Kansas, he was eventually captured and executed for a failed incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry preceding the American Civil War.Īn evangelical Christian of strong religious convictions, Brown was profoundly influenced by the Puritan faith of his upbringing.
John Brown (– December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist leader.
