Brown lost a son in a pro-slavery attack on his home at Osawatomie, Kansas. Brown and his friends were forced to flee. They watched as the pro-slavery men burned the town.

布朗在堪萨斯州奥萨瓦托米的家中遭到支持奴隶制的人士袭击，他的一个儿子丧生。布朗和他的朋友被迫逃跑。他们看到支持奴隶制的人焚烧了整个城镇。