On October 16, 1859, John Brown led 21 men on an assault at Harpers ... Dangerfield Newby, a strong, 6'2" African American, was the first of Brown's men to die in the fighting.

The building that houses the John Brown Russwurm African American Center was originally built in 1827 for Professor Alpheus Spring Packard, Professor of Ancient Language and Classical Literature who ...

Sanborn calls a meeting of the "Secret Six." 15. Chatham, Canada May 8, 1858 - John Brown meets with African American leaders to promote his plan to incite a slave revolt in Virginia.

Address of John Brown to the Virginia Court at Charles Town, Virginia on November 2, 1859 I have, may it please the court, a few words to say. In the first place, I deny everything but what I have ...

For almost ten years John Brown's Fort stood in a field three miles outside of town. In 1909, Storer College, a school founded after the Civil War for African Americans, bought the building and ...

As with everything John ... of 1835 Brown was desperate for cash. He borrowed heavily. Unable to support his family, he began looking for ways to make money fast. Like many Americans, he wanted ...

To spend some time, she and her cohorts in the carriage sang a few of the war songs so popular those days, among them, "John Brown's Body," which contained the provocative words, "John Brown's ...

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 ...

South Carolina National Museum of African American History and Culture Poster advertising a James Brown concert at Florida A&M University National Museum of African American History and Culture Jacket ...

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 ...

The annual summer event is a celebration of a man who remains one of the most controversial figures in American history. John brown dedicated his life to the abolition of slavery; for him ...