Brown, John "Helping Everyone Remember Oppression"

It’s a plane, it’s a bird, it’s Superman. He’s not exactly a real flying “superman,” but John Brown helps everyone remember oppression. He is a real hero. Brown lived a life not many would have been able to live. Captain John Brown performed several heroic acts while living his married life and raising his twenty children. Encyclopedia Britannica defines a hero as, “A mythical or legend figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability[;] A man admired for his achievements and noble qualities.” If Brown could be in the dictionary, hero would be the most prominent definition for him. Timeline of John Brown’s Life by PBS online by WGBH Forum Network notes, “Elijah Love Joy, publisher of an antislavery newspaper, is shot to death by a proslavery mob. During his memorial service, John Brown stood and made a vow to end slavery.” Brown followed his Christian beliefs, which inspired him on many different levels, including his goal to free African-Amer...