History of the United States I / Unit 12 USH1 1692 short lesson, about 20 seconds
John Brown the Autobiographer
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The idea
John Brown was enslaved in Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia, escaped to England, and dictated his autobiography in eighteen fifty-five.
In practice
His account of a master who made his people work eighteen hours a day on one meal.
Where people slip
This is not the John Brown of Harpers Ferry, taught in Unit 14. Two men, one name.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
Unlocks
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