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John Brown and the Secret Six

The Secret Six (also known as the Committee of Six) were six wealthy and learned men who secretly funded the American abolitionist John Brown.

They were Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Theodore Parker, Franklin Sanborn, Gerrit Smith, and George Luther Stearns.

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