An event that pushed John Brown over the edge. Old Brown was coming, with his militia leading to 56 political killings called Bleeding Kansas.

North Elba, New York 1848 - John Brown moves his family to the Adirondacks, living with a small community of freed slaves. It is a beautiful, harsh and remote environment. 6. Osawatomie, Kansas ...

Redpath knew Brown — had ridden with him in Kansas -- and had been told of the raid. To the alarm of the group, he dedicated the book to John Brown. "You, Old Hero!" wrote Redpath ...

John Brown was initially reluctant to join his sons in Kansas. He was 55 ... to extraordinary frustration and despair," comments author Russell Banks. "I really think he was like Samson trying ...

Bleeding Kansas – John Brown’s Fight Against Slavery Posted: January 30, 2025 | Last updated: January 30, 2025 As tensions over slavery reached a boiling point, Senator Charles Sumner was ...

introduces Brown to influential abolitionists in the Boston area in effort to further antislavery fight in Kansas. These acquaintances will later constitute the members of the "Secret Six." John ...

John Brown's obsession with ending slavery cast him as an abolitionist hero. In 1856, provoked by a bloody attack on Kansas settlers by “border ruffians,” Brown led a raid at Pottawatomie ...