One of the few civilians to witness the hanging was journalist David Strother, better known by his pen name, Porte Crayon. He had covered "John Brown’s war" from the first shots at Harpers Ferry.

He commands the approaches in and out of Harpers Ferry ... indignation toward slavery. The hanging would make Brown an abolitionist martyr. John Brown's dedication to the abolition of ...

John Brown hoped to end slavery when ... Booth held pro-slavery views, but he was impressed by Brown’s desire to change history through one significant act of violence, and historians believe the ...

Charged with murder, insurrection, and treason against the state of Virginia, John Brown -- leader ... assigned a lawyer who, against Brown's wishes, set out to prove his client insane.

3. Randolph Township, Pennsylvania May, 1826 - John Brown sets out on his own with his wife and children for the Pennsylvania wilderness. Like his father, he starts a tannery. Although he prospers ...

The Scotsman was well aware of John Brown the abolitionist. Having the same name made him a prime target for many good-natured jokes. As the soldiers marched, they would hammer out, in folk-song ...

During the summer of 1859, John Brown rented a farm in Maryland from ... Annie said that one day, while she and her father were out, the nosy neighbor peeked inside and saw one of the Negro ...