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History of "John Brown's Body"
Howe would have assumed that the John Brown of the song was the famous abolitionist. But the song belonged to a young Scotsman in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia who shared Brown's name.
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Inside Queen Victoria's scandalous relationship with servant John Brown who replaced her beloved husband until her death 124 years ago today
She wore John Brown's mother's wedding ring on her right hand and held a photograph of him in her left. There was also a lock of the Scotsman's hair and some of his letters he had written to her.
PBS1y
History of "John Brown's Body"
Howe would have assumed that the John Brown of the song was the famous abolitionist. But the song belonged to a young Scotsman in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia who shared Brown's name.