John Brown of Torrington used violence to oppose the spread of slavery prior to the Civil War, ultimately leading a bloody raid on the armory in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia.
ReadCitizens’ dedication on the battlefield and home front did not always signal agreement on key issues of the day.
ReadOn May 9, 1800, the man who became a catalyst for the Civil War was born in an 18th-century saltbox house in West Torringford.
ReadIn the years prior to the Civil War, Torrington, like many towns in New England and the rest of the country, found itself divided by the issue of slavery.
ReadRuins are all that remain of the birthplace of this transformative figure in US history.
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