John Brown was initially reluctant to join his sons in Kansas. He was 55 ... Brown banged on the door of James Doyle and ordered the men to come outside. Brown’s men attacked them with broadswords.

click image for close-up This photograph of John Brown was taken in 1856 while the abolitionist was in Kansas, the same year he led an attack on a settlement along the Pottawatomie River in which ...

An event that pushed John Brown over the edge. Old Brown was coming, with his militia leading to 56 political killings called Bleeding Kansas. Vietnam Offers to Remove Tariffs on US After Trump ...

introduces Brown to influential abolitionists in the Boston area in effort to further antislavery fight in Kansas. These acquaintances will later constitute the members of the "Secret Six." John ...