A potrait of John Brown
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John Brown Shortly before she met him, Tubman claimed to have dreams of meeting John Brown. Brown wanted to use violence to help stop slavery. Though Tubman did not like violence, she was on Browns side. John wanted to raid Harpers Ferry.
At the time of the attack, Tubman was not there. Some say she was helping recruit even more slaves, and some say she was sick with fever. The raid failed. John Brown was accused of teason and was hanged in December 1858. |