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 ...

He was led out of the Charles Town jail, where he had been held since his capture, and seated on a small wagon carrying a white pine coffin. He handed a note to one of his guards: "I John Brown am ...

John Brown hoped to end slavery when he raided a federal armory ... Instead of heading home, the man grabbed a horse, galloped to nearby Charles Town, and loudly announced that abolitionists had ...

Virginia (now Charles Town, West Virginia), along with the other captives. There they were quickly tried, sentenced, then executed. John Brown's statements during his trial reached the nation ...

John Brown was a man of action ... attack against the antislavery town of Lawrence. The following year, in retribution for another attack, Brown went to a proslavery town and brutally killed ...

The family moves to Hudson, Ohio, a town that would become known for ... Collinsville, Conn March 1, 1857 - John Brown meets with Charles Blair, a blacksmith, regarding the manufacturing of ...