The hanging of the abolitionist John Brown, Virginia, 1859

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Clip from Santa Fe Trail (1940; 110 min) Santa Fe Trail is a 1940 American western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, .
John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was a white American abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution .
Listen to and read Abolitionist John Browns speech to the court at his trial for the raid of the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859. Mr. Brown was .