Western University (Kansas)
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Western University was a historically black college in Quindaro, Kansas, United States. It was established in 1865 as the Quindaro Freedman's School and closed in 1943. The earliest school for African
Western University in the early 1920s, with a statue of John Brown in front of Ward Hall
Ward Hall, c. 1910
Statue of abolitionist John Brown
Plaque marking location of university
John Brown (abolitionist)
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John Brown was an American abolitionist in the decades preceding the American Civil War. An evangelical Christian of strong religious convictions, Brown was profoundly influenced by the Puritan faith
Western University (Kansas)
…African-American president was appointed. In about 1911, students, faculty, and churches raised $2,000 (~$48,825 in 2024) to erect a statue of abolitionist John Brown. That statue, although missing its nose and having other damage, still stands at the location of the campus. In 1896 William Tecumseh Vernon, a young…
The house in which Brown was born, in Torrington, Connecticut, was photographed in 1896 and destroyed by fire in 1918.
John Brown's Tannery, in 1885
Mary Ann Brown (née Day), wife of John Brown, married in 1833, with Annie (left) and Sarah (right) in 1851
Wood engraving of the pro-slavery mob setting fire to Gilman & Godfrey's warehouse, where Elijah Parish Lovejoy hid his printing press