I think kowtow means to worship the dead or something so i guess it means to worship them.
hope this helps kiddo
High in a remote area of the Oetztaler Alps in northern Italy, 5,300 years ago, Oetzi the Iceman was shot in the back with an arrow.
John Brown was a leading figure in the abolitionist movement during the pre civil war, he was a anti slavery activist, he was not a pacifist and believed in aggressive action against slave holders