Bill > HRes434

This resolution honors John Brown, an American abolitionist born on May 9, 1800, in Torrington, Connecticut, by commemorating the 225th anniversary of his birth and recognizing his significant contributions to the antislavery movement. The resolution highlights Brown's various activities in support of abolishing slavery, including harboring escaped slaves in his Akron, Ohio home on the Underground Railroad, using his wool warehouse in Springfield, Massachusetts as a station for helping slaves, and teaching escaped slaves farming skills. It also notes his response to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act by organizing the League of Gileadites, a group that encouraged African Americans to train in arms to resist the law, and his involvement in Kansas to support antislavery forces. The resolution particularly emphasizes Brown's radical actions, such as his attempt to initiate a slave revolt by capturing the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859, and acknowledges his generational impact on the abolitionist movement and his crucial role in the fight to end slavery in the United States.

Justice

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/434/all-info