Cloudsplitter: A Novel,” by Russell Banks, is a 750-page missive that tells the story of John Brown’s lifelong fight against slavery through his son, Owen’s, eyes. The author lived in Keene, New York, ...
LAKE PLACID — The first two times Alice Keesey Mecoy and her husband, Fred, drove into the Adirondacks, it was very emotional for her. “Now, it’s not quite so emotional because I have been here so ...
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Why John Brown believed violence was justified
John Brown did not stumble into violence. He chose it deliberately. Convinced that law and politics had failed, he believed ...
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John Brown’s war: Justice or terror in Kansas?
In 1856, abolitionist John Brown led a midnight raid that left pro-slavery men dead and a nation shaken. Was it vengeance? Justice? Or terrorism? This video explores one of the most controversial acts ...
KSHB 41 reporter Ryan Gamboa covers Miami County in Kansas and Cass County in Missouri. He also covers agricultural topics. Share your story idea with Ryan. Since 1966, the John Brown Jamboree has ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Time Trial of John Brown casts audience members as jurors who decide how history should remember Brown. This introduction to the program is ...
PLATTSBURGH — When Mary Ann Day Brown arrived in Red Bluff, California, on Sept. 30, 1864, the widow left behind her abolitionist-martyr husband’s remains in a four-year-old grave in North Elba. The ...
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