John Brown

John Brown, the madmanJohn Brown, bearded

Thin and pale, while recuperating from a fever and nursing his ego after Montgomery assumed a leadership role in a raid of Fort Scott earlier that month, Brown had grown a full beard and mustache, transforming the "Madman" into "Moses."

John Brown's Cabin

Fort Snyder (also known as "John Brown's Cabin") built by Brown and his followers in July of 1858 near the site of the Marais des Cygne Massacre .

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