Lake Placid for kids: Fun Trivia Facts: John Brown's Farm
The entrance to John Brown Gravesite John Brown's Farm in Lake Placid, NY • 244-acre historic grave site of militant abolitionist John Brown • " John Brown's Body Lies A-Mouldering in the Grave" song lyrics • John Brown moved to North Elba after hearing about the work Gerrit Smith was doing providing land to freed African-Americans. Statue of John Brown • Gerrit Smith differed from John Brown in one significant way, he was a pacifist. • Gerrit Smith sold a parcel of his property to Brown. At that time Smith was selling land to free African-Americans for $1/acre. * Brown acted as a mentor/teacher to these free men but had a frustrating experience trying to farm the land around Lake Placid. John Brown Farmhouse • John Brown and 21 followers (5 of whom were African-American) seized the armory at Harpers Ferry,VA (in what is now West Virginia) in hopes to capture arms to aid in their ques...
