Kerry Altenbernd, a Lawrence-based reenactor, portrays the abolitionist John Brown. (Frank Barthell photo) Brown’s first stop was the farmhouse of settler James Doyle. While his wife Mahalia begged ...

William Lloyd Garrison had been both an abolitionist and a pacifist. But could slavery ever be defeated without force?

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, ...

A Howard University professor has urged lefty “white allies” to be more like an infamous Civil War-era abolitionist who was hanged for murder. Dr. Stacey Patton, a journalism professor, made the ...

The party -- The puritan -- The pioneer -- The patriarch -- The pauper -- The plan -- Pottawatomie -- Pariah and legend -- The promoter -- Plotting multiculturally ...

KSHB 41 reporter Ryan Gamboa covers Miami County in Kansas and Cass County in Missouri. He also covers agricultural topics. Share your story idea with Ryan. Since 1966, the John Brown Jamboree has ...

ELIZABETHTOWN — “John Brown’s Holy War” will screen at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Adirondack History Museum Film Series. Admission is free. This is a documentary that explores the life, ideology and ...

On Oct. 16, 1859, John Brown and 21 armed followers stole into the town of Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, (now West Virginia) as most of its residents slept. The men among them, three free Blacks, one ...

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.