Revered by some as a freedom fighter and reviled by others as a fanatic, John Brown is one of the most polarizing figures in American history. Long before his famous 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, Brown ...
In a time when the world feels split, white allies seem nil, and America still refuses to vote slavery as its greatest crime, a new generation is rediscovering John Brown, the white man who gave his ...
Harpers Ferry seemed almost a part of the neighborhood when I was growing up. Granted, it was across the state line, in West Virginia, and slightly more than a half-hour drive away from our Virginia ...
Though the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice was expected to submit its report to President Ruth Simmons this spring, it is unclear when the report will be submitted or whether it ...
On December 2, 1859, the United States saw its first execution of a prisoner convicted of treason: a white man who challenged slavery. Today, America still can’t imagine a nation of white people who ...
On Oct. 16, 1859, John Brown and 21 armed followers stole into the town of Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, (now West Virginia) as most of its residents slept. The men among them, three free Blacks, one ...
Kerry Altenbernd, a John Brown-portrayer and president of the Guardians of Grover Barn, hopes to realize a goal to fully preserve the structure which was a stop on the Underground Railroad and visited ...
John Brown commemorated with a statue in the Quindaro neighborhood in Kansas City, Kansas. Abolitionist John Brown wasn't born in Kansas, but made his mark during the Bleeding Kansas era before the ...
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