John Brown (May 9, 1800 - December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to abolish all slavery. ...
he was hanged for revolt and treason.
It is even said in the Caribbean......
usually as "I'll be John Browned" Cassell's Dictionary of Slang: A Major New Edition of the Market-Leading ... - Page 763
by Jonathon Green - Reference - 2006 - 1565 pages
[1930s] (US Black) an excl. of surprise: "Well I'll be hanged"
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