Lee. Within 36 hours of the attack, most of Brown's men had been killed or captured. John Brown was born into a deeply religious family in Torrington, Connecticut, in 1800. Led by a father who was ...

Trapped in Harpers Ferry, John Brown made his last stand against the U.S. Army. His fight for freedom would change history ...

John Brown hoped to end slavery when he raided a federal armory ... and that it’s always wrong to attack the government over a law, even one that seems unjust. They believe Brown was a criminal—found ...

John Brown's plan seemed fairly straightforward: he and his men would establish a base in the Blue Ridge Mountains from which they would assist runaway slaves and launch attacks on slaveholders.

These acquaintances will later constitute the members of the "Secret Six." John Brown rides into Missouri and attacks two proslavery homesteads, confiscating property and liberating eleven of ...

Then, on October 16, 1859, John Brown made his attack. Brown’s supporters must have been saddened - but not surprised - by Brown’s failure; happy that he was alive, and happier yet that he ...

Throughout the summer, men surreptitiously gathered at the farm in preparation for the attack. To neighbors, everything seemed normal. John Brown was "Isaac Smith," a cattle buyer from New York.

In December, 1858, John Brown led a few men across the Missouri border from Kansas and attacked two proslavery homesteads, confiscating property and liberating slaves. For Brown, the attack was ...

John Brown's obsession with ending slavery cast him as an abolitionist hero. In 1856, provoked by a bloody attack on Kansas settlers by “border ruffians,” Brown led a raid at Pottawatomie ...

John brown dedicated his life to the abolition of ... On May 24, 1856, in retribution for an attack on the free-soil town of Lawrence, Brown led a small party of men to the homes of proslavery ...