Joshua Abraham Norton (First American Emperor, Emperor Norton)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Death of John Brown
Abolitionist John Brown led an unsuccessful slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry in Virginia. He was convicted of conspiracy to produce insurrection, treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, and murder. What did Norton think of all this? The emperor did not approve.
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Joshua Abraham Norton had an amazing life and was a titan among men. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the story of Norton's life in the 1800s, with his rise from humble circumstances to wealth and power to humility and back again, and learn what made him so amazing.
