photo by: Shutterstock Abolitionist John Brown. Renowned Lawrence artist Stan Herd is set to create the world’s first earthwork portrait of the infamous abolitionist John Brown.

John Brown, 9 May 1800 - 2 Dec 1859 Credit Line National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Date 1859 Object number NPG.77.276 ... Sheet: 55.2 x 44.3cm (21 3/4 x 17 7/16") See more items in ...

John Brown and many of his followers holed up in the fire engine house awaiting reinforcements by a swarm of "bees"—slaves from the surrounding area. But only a handful showed up. Library of ...

Brian Evans (left), a direct descendant of abolitionist John Brown, and Kevin Douglas Green, ... Kevin Douglass Greene sits beside a portrait of his great-great-grandfather Frederick Douglass while ...

John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry ...