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4 days ago · The Pottawatomie massacre occurred on the night of May 24–25, 1856, in the Kansas Territory, United States. In reaction to the sacking of Lawrence by pro-slavery forces on May 21, and the telegraphed news of the severe attack on Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner, John Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers—some of them members of the ...
Jul 17, 2024 · A Free Black Woman Writes to Imprisoned John Brown. In October 1859, a militant white abolitionist named John Brown led a small band of black and white anti-slavery fighters in a bold assault on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.
4 days ago · On the road to Lake Placid, New York you'll start to see historical signs making where the pre-Civil War abolitionist John Brown had some connection to.
3 days ago · As he reached adulthood, he became a staunch abolitionist and participant in the Underground Railroad movement, and rode with John Brown in raids against enslavers in the 1850s. Pond studied printing and published The Journal in Markesan, Wisconsin, between 1860 and 1861.
Jul 13, 2024 · John Brown’s Fort, originally constructed in 1848, was intended as a fire engine house for the U.S. Army’s arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). John Brown and his followers captured it in 1859 alongside Arsenal Square during their raid, aiming to ignite a major slave revolt.
Jul 12, 2024 · After 14 years of helping bring the story of John Brown to the public through its wax figures, Staley has sold the museum, effective July 1. It brings to a close his first business venture and the museum’s 61-year residency in Harpers Ferry.
Jul 10, 2024 · Combining idealism with violence, the New England-born abolitionist John Brown cut a wide swath across the United States before leading an attack on the U.S. armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
