DARGAN, Md. (AP) -- The spears that John Brown ordered for his abolitionist army were fearsome, primitive things. Nearly seven feet long, the pikes had 10-inch steel blades made for slashing and ...
DARGAN, Md. -- The spears that John Brown ordered for his abolitionist army were fearsome, primitive things. Nearly 7 feet long, the pikes had 10-inch steel blades made for slashing and impaling those ...
Spotlight on an original weapon that was used by the supporters of the abolitionist John Brown in his historic raid on Harper’s Ferry in 1859. Students watch an excerpt from the episode John Brown ...