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 ...

"[T]o have interfered as I have done," he stated, ". . . in behalf of His despied poor, was not wrong, but right." John Brown was hanged one month later, on December 2, 1859.

On October 16, 1859, John Brown led 21 men on an assault at Harpers Ferry -- an event that shook the nation and [nudged it even closer toward civil war]. Among these raiders were five black men ...

John Brown hoped to end slavery when he raided a federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859. His plan failed, but he still changed the course of history. “You can weigh John Brown’s body well enough, but ...

During the summer of 1859, John Brown rented a farm in Maryland from the heirs of Booth Kennedy. A few miles outside Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), it was a good hiding spot for ...

On March 12, 1859, after eighty-two days and over a thousand miles of hard travel, John Brown saw the rescued group of thirteen (a baby had been born along the way) off on a ferry bound for ...

John Brown's plan seemed fairly straightforward ... Brown also met with Frederick Douglass in August of 1859, when Brown told his friend of his intentions of seizing the federal arsenal at ...

At the appointed hour, on the morning of December 2, 1859, John Avis went for John Brown. For seven weeks, from the time of Brown’s capture at Harpers Ferry through the subsequent trial and ...

West Branch graduate Melissa Carchedi will discuss Winona natives who took part in John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.

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 ...

A clandestine group of wealthy abolitionists, known as the "Secret Six," funded Brown, allowing him to raise a small army. On October 16, 1859, John Brown led 21 men on a raid of the federal ...

August 16, 1859 - John Brown arrives at clandestine meeting with Frederick Douglass. He tries to convince Douglass to join him at Harpers Ferry.