Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th ...

Coppock, an abolitionist and participant in John Brown’s anti-slavery raid of 1859, was born in Columbiana County near Salem.

ELIZABETHTOWN — “John Brown’s Holy War” will screen at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Adirondack History Museum Film Series. Admission is free.

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 ...

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 ...

"Abolitionist John Brown arrives with his sons to fight for the future of freedom in the West — and the bloody consequences risk pulling the entire nation into a civil war." ...

"Abolitionist John Brown arrives with his sons to fight for the future of freedom in the West — and the bloody consequences risk pulling the entire nation into a civil war." ...

Famous abolitionist John Brown established a tannery near New Richmond in Crawford County (about 12 miles east of Meadville). Brown lived and worked at the tannery from 1825 to 1835.