From October 16th to 18th, 1859, American abolitionist John Brown attempted to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by raiding an armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. The raid is frequently cited
Harper's Weekly illustration of U.S. Marines attacking John Brown's "Fort"
Artist Jacob Lawrence's conception of Brown trying to persuade abolitionist Frederick Douglass to join him in the raid on Harpers Ferry. Douglass refused, as he believed Brown would fail.
John Brown in 1859
1862 photograph of the Harpers Ferry arsenal; the "engine house", later called "John Brown's Fort", is on the left.
Owen Brown was the third son of abolitionist John Brown. He participated more in his father's anti-slavery activities than did any of his siblings. He was the only son to participate both in the Bleed
Brown in 1883
First Baptist Church in Chatham, Ontario, where John Brown's 1858 convention took place
The so-called "Cooke Castle", Gibraltar Island, Ohio
House of Ruth Brown Thompson and her husband, Pasadena, California, 1893