Lincoln–Douglas debates Oberlin–Wellington Rescue John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry Virginia v. John Brown 1860 presidential election Crittenden Compromise...

Geographic Names. It gained fame in 1859 when abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the Harpers Ferry Armory in a doomed effort to start a slave rebellion in...

Kansas, Brown was captured, tried, and executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for a raid and incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry in 1859...

from John Brown's raid is the firehouse, now called John Brown's Fort, where he resisted the Marines. The American Civil War (1861–1865) found Harpers Ferry...

The Harpers Ferry Armory, more formally known as the United States Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, was the second federal armory created by the United...

John Brown's Fort was initially built in 1848 for use as a guard and fire engine house by the federal Harpers Ferry Armory, in Harpers Ferry, Virginia...

October 30, 1859, two weeks after John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, and repeated several times before Brown's execution on December 2, 1859. It was later...

On Sunday night, October 16, 1859, the abolitionist John Brown led a band of 22 in a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (since 1863...

Lincoln–Douglas debates Oberlin–Wellington Rescue John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry Virginia v. John Brown 1860 presidential election Crittenden Compromise...

all part of his raid on the United States federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. (Since 1863, both Charles Town and Harpers Ferry are located in West...

Virginia John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (1859) Harpers Ferry Armory, second federal armory (construction begun 1799) and site of John Brown's slave revolt...

killed a man — and his father's raid on Harpers Ferry. He was the only son of Brown present in Tabor, Iowa, when Brown's recruits were trained and drilled...

the oldest of John Brown's raiders, and one of the five black raiders. He died during Brown's raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. As...

"John Brown's Body" (Roud 771), originally known as "John Brown's Song", is a United States marching song about the abolitionist John Brown. The song was...

wrote his mother from Iowa. He participated in his father's famous raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia), sending letters to his wife...

escaped slave from Charleston, South Carolina, and a leader in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, in October 1859.: 387  He had lived for almost two years...

poem's title references the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in October 1859. He was captured and...

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was the largest event of 1859 in the United States, exacerbating the polarization of the country, and was a major factor...

and got national attention, in the response to abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia), in October 1859. Black...

were a group of men who secretly funded the 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry by abolitionist John Brown. Sometimes described as "wealthy," this was true of...

not tried. Copeland joined John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry; other than Brown himself, he was the only member of John Brown's raiders that was at all well...

of a provisional constitution were found among John Brown's papers after his 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia. It called for a new state in the Appalachian...

and the leader of the company of Marines that captured John Brown during his raid on Harpers Ferry. He later left the USMC and served as an officer in the...

at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia). Booth had been rehearsing at the Richmond Theatre when he read in a newspaper about Brown's upcoming...

during John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. In 1918, the all-Black Storer College dedicated a plaque on its campus celebrating John Brown's raid. The United...

Lincoln–Douglas debates Oberlin–Wellington Rescue John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry Virginia v. John Brown 1860 presidential election Crittenden Compromise...

establish a command center to prepare for the raid on Harpers Ferry. With him were John Henry Kagi, John Brown, and his sons Owen and Oliver. A local man...

abolitionist and the only surviving African-American member of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. He became a soldier in the Union Army during the American...

Lincoln–Douglas debates Oberlin–Wellington Rescue John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry Virginia v. John Brown 1860 presidential election Crittenden Compromise...

American abolitionist, and participant in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (October 16 to 18, 1859). He was executed on March 15, 1860, in Charles Town, Virginia...