John Brown's plan seemed fairly straightforward: he and his men would establish a base in the Blue Ridge Mountains from which they would assist runaway slaves and launch attacks on slaveholders.

At first the raid went like clockwork ... He commands the approaches in and out of Harpers Ferry.… So the question is, why didn’t John Brown leave?" "He stayed and he stayed and it seems ...

In one fateful night, John Brown brought the country closer to Civil War (Video: Meredith Bragg). Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Day ...

In one fateful night, John Brown brought the country closer to Civil War (Video: Meredith Bragg). Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Day ...

On Dec. 2, 1859, a well-known abolitionist was hanged. John Brown was known for his raid on Harpers Ferry. His advance on the ...

Late in the evening of May 24, 1856, abolitionist John Brown, five of his sons, and three other Free State compatriots ...

Let's not make Luigi Mangione a martyr. Instead, let us learn from him the perils of ideological rage mixed with personal pain.

The grave of Owen Brown, abolitionist and son of John Brown, who led a raid at Harpers Ferry, Va. to end slavery.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to designate abolitionist Owen Brown’s gravesite in Altadena a county historic landmark. Brown was a son of prominent anti-slavery ...