The Manhattan Mercury: Was abolitionist John Brown a hero or a menace? In Kansas, the question still matters
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 ...
insider.si.edu: John Brown, abolitionist : the man who killed slavery, sparked the Civil War, and seeded civil rights / David S. Reynolds
John Brown, abolitionist : the man who killed slavery, sparked the Civil War, and seeded civil rights / David S. Reynolds
Was abolitionist John Brown a hero or a menace? In Kansas, the question still matters
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Over 160 years ago on Dec. 2, 1859, the militant slavery abolitionist John Brown was hanged on charges of treason, murder and insurrection. Earlier that same year, Brown and ...
More than 170 years after his violent abolitionist actions in Kansas, John Brown’s legacy continues to spark debate among educators, activists, and politicians. While some revere him as a symbol of ...
"In Kansas, the name John Brown is shorthand for a violent period of the state’s history in the lead-up to the Civil War. One hundred and seventy years later, some modern day activists and educators ...
"Had John Brown's raid not occurred, it is very possible that the 1860 election would have been a regular two-party contest between antislavery Republicans and pro-slavery Democrats," says City ...
Press-Republican: Elizabethtown resident pens new book on John Brown, his family in the Adirondacks