SARANAC LAKE, N.Y., July 21 -- The monument which was erected near the grave of John Brown, the noted abolitionist, who was executed at Charlestown, Va., on Dec. 2, 1859, was unveiled here this ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — On Dec. 2, 1859, a well-known abolitionist was hanged. John Brown was known for his raid on Harpers Ferry. His advance on the town started on the evening of Oct. 16 ...

Most of us are familiar with the name John Brown, the famous abolitionist who believed in using violence to bring an end to slavery in America. He openly fought for slaves' freedom even before the ...

John Brown and the Secret Six—the abolitionists who funded the raid on Harpers Ferry—confronted a question as old as America: When is violence justified?

In this Feb. 8, 2017 photo, a mannequin depicting abolitionist John Brown sits in the restored farmhouse in Dargan, Md., where Brown launched his ill-fated, 1859 seizure of a federal armory in ...

John Brown (1800 – 1859) the American abolitionist. The song in memory of his exploits during the Harpers Ferry Raid ‘John Brown’s Body’ was a popular marching song with Union soldiers.

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va.— Almost a 165 years ago, Abolitionist Leader John Brown raided the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry to make a stand against slavery and the “Voices of Harpers Ferry ...

John Brown's obsession with ending slavery cast him as an abolitionist hero. In 1856, provoked by a bloody attack on Kansas settlers by “border ruffians,” Brown led a raid at Pottawatomie ...

The Grover Barn at 2819 Stone Barn Terrace was built in 1858 by Joel and Emily Grover, abolitionists who moved to Kansas from New England in hope of helping Kansas enter the U.S. as a free state ...