The bill proposed organizing the Nebraska territory, which also included an area that would become the state of Kansas ... the fiery abolitionist John Brown led a group of men on an attack ...

Abolitionists were regarded as ... They dubbed the guns "Beecher's Bibles." To "Bleeding Kansas" now came grim-faced, obsessive John Brown, following a group of his sons (he ended up fathering ...

Among the thousands of abolitionists who left their farms, workshops or schools to respond to the call were John Brown and five of his sons. Brown himself arrived in Kansas in October 1855 ...

An event that pushed John Brown over the edge. Old Brown was coming, with his militia leading to 56 political killings called Bleeding Kansas. Vietnam Offers to Remove Tariffs on US After Trump ...

John Brown was an abolitionist who spent time in Kansas prior to the Civil War and was involved in a skirmish against a pro-slavery militia in 1856 at Black Jack Battlefield. With his full gray ...

John Brown was a man ... to the antislavery cause, Brown did not emerge as a figure of major significance until 1855 after he followed five of his sons to the Kansas territory.

Kerry Altenbernd, a John ... the famed abolitionist John Brown. Many people don’t know about Lawrence’s connections to the Underground Railroad, though. Kerry Altenbernd says Kansas has ...

The bill proposed organizing the Nebraska territory, which also included an area that would become the state of Kansas ... the fiery abolitionist John Brown led a group of men on an attack ...

John Brown's resistance of proslavery forces in Kansas brought him national attention. To many in the North, he became an abolitionist hero. His defense of the free-soil town of Osawattomie earned ...