Exclusive | Kurt Cobain’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ Fender Mustang to be sold at NYC auction Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation Has there ever been a movie where everyone was overacting all the time?TIL Abolitionist John Brown had originally asked Frederick Douglass to join him in his raid on Harpers Ferry, but Douglass declined as he believed Brown’s plan was suicidal. John Brown was later tried and executed for the raid less than two months after its occurrence.