John Brown was an abolitionist who spent time in Kansas prior to the Civil War and was involved in a skirmish against a pro-slavery militia in 1856 at Black Jack Battlefield. With his full gray ...

The abolitionist movement succeeded in large part because ... He was encouraged to put his pacifism aside by his close friend John Brown, who urged Douglass to join his small band of armed men ...

In 1838, he escaped to the North, settling in the abolitionist stronghold of New ... public career following the book's publication. John Brown was raised by devout Calvinists who believed in ...

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 ...

at the John Brown House, 514 Diagonal Road, Akron. Guests are welcome to view free exhibits, see a PowerPoint display on the abolitionist and have birthday cake. Also, Reva Golden, education and ...

It was a point of supply for Meriwether Lewis’s Corps of Discovery, the site of John Brown’s abolitionist raid in 1859, a key Civil War battlefield, and the meeting place for the Niagara Movement, a ...