Abolitionist John Brown is hanged Militant abolitionist John Brown is executed on charges of treason, murder and insurrection on December 2, 1859. Mason led the three-hour questioning session of Brown. John Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859. Before he died, Brown issued these final, seemingly prophetic words in a note he handed to his jailer: “Charlestown, Va, 2nd, December, 1859. He was convicted and hanged on December 2, 1859, in Charles Town, Virginia (now in West Virginia).

Wise, Virginia Senator James M. Mason, and Representative Clement Vallandigham of Ohio arrived in Harpers Ferry. How did John Brown die? After the Harpers Ferry Raid , John Brown was tried for murder, slave insurrection, and treason against the state. On October 18, 1859, Virginia Governor Henry A. Brown and the others captured were held in the office of the armory. The militia attack was able to free several of Brown’s captives, although eight of the railroad men died in the fighting. I John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty, land: will never be purged away; but with Blood.