ELIZABETHTOWN — “John Brown’s Holy War” will screen at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Adirondack History Museum Film Series. Admission is free. This is a documentary that explores the life, ideology and ...

Radical abolitionist John Brown (1800–1859) fought and died for the emancipation of enslaved people. His life as an antislavery advocate and armed insurrectionist who was tried, convicted, and hanged ...

A North Country organization is hosting its annual birthday celebration for John Brown on Saturday. The famous abolitionist spent the later years of his life in the Adirondacks. He was executed in ...

John Brown's sword and a legislative war sledgehammer are no longer on display at the Kansas Statehouse. They're being moved to a museum in Topeka.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sword of abolitionist John Brown is no longer on public display at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, and neither is a ...