At the appointed hour, on the morning of December 2, 1859, John Avis went for John ... who continued to file stories on Brown. His vivid description of the hanging would not be printed until ...

Abolitionist John Brown wasn't born in Kansas, but made his mark during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War. Today, ...

This is the 150th anniversary of the hanging of John Brown. When he attacked Harper’s Ferry with a handful of followers, the butcher of Kansas helped sow the seeds of the Civil War.

PD By the summer of 1859, Brown had finalized his ... righteous indignation toward slavery. The hanging would make Brown an abolitionist martyr. John Brown's dedication to the abolition of ...