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.

John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry ...

A man had been killed in the raid, however, and Brown was cast as both a murderer and a thief. President Buchanan even offered a $250 reward for John Brown’s capture. Brown mockingly responded ...

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 ...

poet Stephen Vincent Benet wrote in 1928. These words, which greet visitors entering the John Brown Museum at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia, serve as a reminder of the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...