Wednesday, December 2, 2009

John Brown

Dec. 2, 1959 – Akron church bells peal for former Hudson resident and fervent abolitionist John Brown. Brown once herded sheep through what is now downtown Akron while ruminating on the evils of slavery. He raided a federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., was captured by Robert E. Lee and hanged.
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