John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry ...

John Brown hoped to end slavery when he raided a federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859. His plan failed, but he still changed the course of history. “You can weigh John Brown’s body well enough, but ...

John Brown is born in Torrington, Connecticut. His father, Owen, a strict Calvinist, hated slavery and believed that holding humans in bondage was a sin against God. 1812 The War of 1812 ...

John Brown was born in Torrington, Connecticut, in 1800. He would spend the next fifty-nine years moving about the country, settling in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New York, and ...