H.Res. 434 — Introduced in House

IV 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 434 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 20, 2025 Mrs. Sykes submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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 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.