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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Digital History - Jon Brown: Hero or Terrorist? | Jul 31, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cambridge University Press - Cambridge Core - John Brown's Spirit: The Abolitionist Aesthetic of Emancipatory Martyrdom in Early Antilynching Protest Literature. | Jun 12, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - John Brown: Villain or Hero? | Jan 20, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: UH Pressbooks - U.S. History - John Brown and the Election of 1860. | Jan 19, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - John Brown and the Election of 1860. | Sep 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - John Brown. | Aug 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - John Brown Background Essay and Timeline. | Jun 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Summit County Historical Society of Akron Ohio - Abolitionist John Brown. | Mar 20, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 18, 2025 | ||
| Cross-reference added to Henry David Thoreau's speech “A Plea for Captain John Brown.” | Nov 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital History - Jon Brown: Hero or Terrorist? | Sep 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Civil War on the Western Border - The Missouri-Kansas Conflict, 1854-1865 - John Brown. | Jun 19, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - John Brown. | Feb 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: American History Central - John Brown. | Jan 03, 2024 | ||
| Links added. | Aug 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: ConnecticutHistory.org - John Brown: A Portrait of Violent Abolitionism. | Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Archives - A Look Back at John Brown. | Jan 05, 2023 | ||
| Changed “black” to “Black” throughout article. | Aug 20, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Aug 06, 2019 | ||
| Clarified that John Wilkes Booth was present at Brown's execution as a militiaman. | Mar 07, 2018 | ||
| Added a description of the "Secret Six," details regarding Brown's capture, and the response to his execution. | Oct 06, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Virginia - John Brown. | Mar 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - John Brown. | Mar 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - John Brown. | Mar 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Civil War Trust - Biography of John Brown. | Mar 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum - Biography of John Brown. | Mar 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Prehistoric Wildlife - Orodromeus. | Feb 07, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Biography of John Brown. | Feb 07, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: New Georgia Encyclopedia - History and Archaeology - Biography of John Brown. | Jun 10, 2011 | ||
| Added photograph. | Mar 14, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of John Brown. | Sep 19, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: PBS - American Experience - John Brown. | Feb 22, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | May 04, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 06, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 25, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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