Address of John Brown to the Virginia Court at Charles Town, Virginia on November 2, 1859 I have, may it please the court, a few words to say. In the first place, I deny everything but what I have ...

John Brown was ... and moved to Charlestown, Virginia, where he was tried and convicted of treason, Before hearing his sentence, Brown was allowed make an address to the court. . . . I believe ...

His name was John Brown. Some of those who strode across a covered railway bridge from Maryland into Virginia were callow ... was ever arraigned in a court for killings that took place during ...

1842 September 28, 1842: A federal court decides John Brown's bankruptcy ... Douglass to join him at Harpers Ferry. A Virginia jury finds John Brown guilty of murder, treason, and inciting a ...

Charged with murder, insurrection, and treason against the state of Virginia, John Brown ... against Brown's wishes, set out to prove his client insane. The court found Brown guilty and asked ...

On October 16, 1859, John Brown led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia ... Brown addressed the court: ... I believe to have interfered as I have done ...

Virginia. Captured by Robert E. Lee, tried, and hanged, Brown refused to repent, becoming a martyr to northern abolitionists and immortalized in the song, "John Brown's Body." ...