Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kerry Altenbernd, a Lawrence-based reenactor, portrays the abolitionist John Brown. Kerry Altenbernd, a Lawrence-based reenactor, ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — On Dec. 2, 1859, a well-known abolitionist was hanged. John Brown was known for his raid on Harpers Ferry. His advance on the town started on the evening of Oct. 16, 1859, ...

John Brown's sword and a legislative war sledgehammer are no longer on display at the Kansas Statehouse. They're being moved to a museum in Topeka.

Radical abolitionist John Brown (1800–1859) fought and died for the emancipation of enslaved people. His life as an antislavery advocate and armed insurrectionist who was tried, convicted, and hanged ...

Abolitionist John Brown commissioned a blacksmith to produce hundreds of pikes – deadly spear-like weapons made from iron and wood, for his team of militiamen to raid the armoury and help set enslaved ...

AKRON, Ohio – The Summit County Historical Society will soon host a hike to the John Brown Monument followed by a ceremony that highlights the abolitionist’s life. The event, slated for May 9 at 3:30 ...

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TORRINGTON — The American Association for State and Local History recently awarded Culture 4 A Cause an award of excellence for the John Brown Project. The association's Leadership in History Awards ...

Atop an Altadena hill, named “Little Round Top” after the Battle of Gettysburg, lies the gravesite of Owen Brown, son of the abolitionist John Brown. Recently, local officials got word that the site ...

Late in the evening of May 24, 1856, abolitionist John Brown, five of his sons, and three other Free State compatriots executed five pro-slavery men near Pottawatomie Creek in east central Kansas.