119-hres434

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 434 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
H. RES. 434

 John Brown Remembrance Act.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 20, 2025

 Mrs. Sykes submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
 the Committee on the Judiciary

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 RESOLUTION

 John Brown Remembrance Act.

Whereas American abolitionist John Brown was born on May 9, 1800, in Torrington, 
 Connecticut;
Whereas John Brown and his family rented a house in Akron, Ohio, between 1844 
 and 1854;
Whereas John Brown worked in Akron in business with Colonel Simon Perkins, the 
 son of Akron's founder, on a wool farm;
Whereas John Brown harbored escaped slaves in his Akron home on their journey 
 north on the Underground Railroad;
Whereas John Brown used his wool warehouse in Springfield, Massachusetts, as a 
 station for the Underground Railroad;
Whereas John Brown taught escaped slaves and freed men farming;
Whereas John Brown used his wool business to travel and conduct antislavery 
 activity;
Whereas, in response to the passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, John Brown 
 organized a group called the League of Gileadites in Springfield, which 
 he encouraged African Americans to train in arms to fight against the 
 Fugitive Slave Law;
Whereas, in 1855, John Brown traveled with his sons to Kansas to assist 
 antislavery forces fighting to ensure the Kansas territory would become 
 a free-State; and
Whereas, from October 16 to 18, 1859, John Brown initiated a slave revolt and 
 captured the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia: Now, 
 therefore, be it
 Resolved, That the House of Representatives--

    (1) honors and commemorates the 225th anniversary of John 
 Brown's birth; and

    (2) recognizes the generational impact that John Brown had 
 on the abolitionist movement and his contributions to ending 
 slavery in the United States.
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