A Virginia jury finds John Brown guilty of murder, treason, and inciting a slave insurrection after a week of trial and forty-five minutes of deliberation.
View this collection of videos to learn more about John Brown, the raid and his subsequent trial. Karen Sherry, curator at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond explained the ...
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va.— Almost a 165 years ago, Abolitionist Leader John Brown raided the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry to make a stand against slavery and the “Voices of Harpers Ferry ...