John Brown is one of the most polarizing figures in American history. But it was an experience in his youth that seared an ...

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 ...

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 ...

John Brown and many of his followers holed up in the fire engine house awaiting reinforcements by a swarm of "bees"—slaves from the surrounding area. But only a handful showed up. Library of ...

A North Country organization is hosting its annual birthday celebration for John Brown on Saturday. The famous abolitionist spent the later years of his life in the Adirondacks. He was executed in ...

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 ...