Harper's Weekly Illustration of U.S. Marines attacking the firehouse which John Brown used as a fort during his raid on Harper's Ferry. PD By the summer of 1859, Brown had finalized his plans. His ...

Library of Congress Harpers Ferry, Virginia, lay sleeping on the night of October 16, 1859, as 19 heavily armed men stole down mist-shrouded bluffs along the Potomac River where it joins the ...

What happened at a small firehouse changed history. As a history lover, I wanted to visit Harpers Ferry, West Virginia for ...

Howard University professor Stacey Patton encourages White allies to emulate John Brown, the abolitionist who was hanged for ...

"When John Brown led twenty-one men in an attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry on October 16, 1859, he envisioned a biblical uprising of millions of armed bondsmen, thus ridding the nation ...

WASHINGTON — Maryland's Senators are launching a campaign to preserve the anti-slavery legacy of Harpers Ferry against the so-called “anti-woke” prerogatives of the Trump administration. RELATED: ...

The grave of Owen Brown, who like his father John Brown struggled all his life to end slavery, was named an L.A. County landmark this month. The gravesite in Altadena honors of the son of one of the ...

Radical abolitionist John Brown went on trial in Charles Town, Virginia, for his failed raid at Harpers Ferry.

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The National Park Service under President Donald Trump is looking to reshape what it tells Americans about their history ...