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2 unusual facts about John Brown's Body


John Brown's Body

Len Chandler sang a song called "move on over" to the tune on Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest TV show.

The Black Seeds discography

In July 2009, The Black Seeds signed with American label Easy Star Records, then toured around America supporting John Brown's Body, before John Brown's Body came to New Zealand to tour with The Black Seeds in their home country.


Breakthrough role

Another example is the 2007 film Transformers which marked the breakout role for actress Megan Fox - enabling her to grow from being a co-star to a lead role in the 2009 film Jennifer's Body.

James Redpath

After the failure of Brown's 1859 attack on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, Redpath wrote a highly sympathetic biography of the executed abolitionist, The Public Life of Capt. John Brown (1860).

John Brown Farm and Gravesite

In 1859, Brown attempted to start a liberation movement among enslaved African Americans by seizing the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

John Brown, Jr.

John A. Brown, Jr., American murderer executed in Louisiana for the murder of Omer Laughlin

John E.P. Daingerfield

John E.P. Daingerfield served as a clerk at the Harpers Ferry Armory in 1859 during John Brown’s raid.

Judge C. R. Magney State Park

The 2009 movie Jennifer's Body depicts a highly fictionalized version of the falls and a wholly fictitious town named after them.

Karyn Kusama

To date, she only directed two more feature films, Aeon Flux and Jennifer's Body, as well as one episode of the TV series The L Word.

In Jennifer's Body, the literal men-eater uses her physical power to fight against suppression of females.

Lewis and Harriet Hayden House

It was there that Theodore Parker, of sainted abolitionist memory, had married the fugitive slaves, William and Ellen Craft; it was there that John Brown had lodged during his last trip to Boston.

Miami County, Kansas

The county's most notable abolitionist was John Brown, who moved to Osawatomie,making it the headquarters for he and his anti-slavery forces.

Monsterhearts

Monsterhearts started out as a joke game, using Apocalypse World to run Twilight, although Jennifer's Body and Ginger Snaps are cited as inspirations the designer prefers.

Music of Kansas

Along the same lines, some versions of the famous Civil War marching song "John Brown's Body" refer to John Brown's abolitionist activities in Kansas Territory during the same era.

Repatriation of Juan Manuel de Rosas's body

He was buried at the Southampton Old Cemetery, and after a number of failed attempts he was repatriated to Argentina and taken to La Recoleta Cemetery, his current grave location.

Seven Ancient Wonders

The CIEF team then goes to Hatshepsut's Mortuary, and - with the aid of the measurements from the Paris Obelisk - finds the last piece in the tomb of Alexander the Great.

Springdale, Iowa

Its most famous residents were the militant abolitionist John Brown, who resided at John Hunt Painter's house near Springdale while making preparations for the raid on Harpers Ferry, and Edwin and Barclay Coppock, local youths who participated with Brown during the raid.

Tony Little

One of Tony Little's infomercials made it on the movie Jennifer's Body in a scene when Jennifer is watching TV and circling which boys to kill on her yearbook.

Winchester and Potomac Railroad

The W&P was threatened during the events following John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, and was a possible avenue for either an invasion into Virginia, or for a rescue operation of John Brown and other prisoners.

Yung Suk Kim

Christ’s Body in Corinth: The Politics of a Metaphor (Paul in Critical Contexts), MN: Fortress, 2008.


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