John brown

John Brown - Abolitionist - 1859 Raid on Harpers Ferry, VA

Abolitionist John Brown leads 18 men in an attack on the Harpers Ferry armory. The raid to seize the weapons failed and Brown was captured, tried, and hung. At his trial, Brown said: “Now,…

John Brown, militant American abolitionist and veteran of Bleeding Kansas whose raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859 and subsequent execution made him an antislavery martyr and was instrumental in heightening sectional animosities that led to the American Civil War.

John Brown was an abolitionist who believed armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States.

John Brown, a fanatical abolitionist, led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry and moved the U.S. closer to Civil War.

Film clip. Voices of a People's History. Dramatic reading by David Strathairn of John Brown’s last speech delivered on November 2, 1859.

Classic Crime With The Brits. No 21 The Father Brown Stories were written by G K Chesterton. Father John Brown was a Roman Catholic priest from East Anglia who...

An abolitionist raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia in an attempt to start an armed revolt against the institution of slavery.