It was the same town where abolitionist John Brown had tried to start a slave rebellion a few years before.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

He wants to be John Brown, at that point.

这么说,他想成为约翰·布朗

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That was evidence,Emperor Norton said, that John Brown was mentally sick and should have been put in a hospital for treatment.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

One day in October of eighteen fifty-nine, Americans were shocked by news of an attack led by John Brown.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

This week in our series, Harry Monroe and Jack Moyles continue the story of John Brown and his raid on Harpers Ferry.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

Emperor Norton said this was necessary because Governor Wise had ordered the death by hanging of John Brown.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

This week in our series, Harry Monroe and Kay Gallant tell us what happened to John Brown after he seized Harpers Ferry.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

Emperor Norton's decree said John Brown had tried to capture the state of Virginia with only seventeen men.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

Last month,the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and other partners held many programs observing the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of John Brown's raid.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

With his force of less than twenty men, John Brown moved through the darkness down to the bridge that crossed the Potomac River.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

On October sixteenth, eighteen fifty-nine, John Brown led an armed group of twenty-one men into Harpers Ferry.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

They said the raid was the work of one man one madman -- John Brown.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

John Brown was tried in nearby Charles Town and found guilty of treason and murder.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

John Brown and his men seized the arsenal and its one hundred thousand weapons.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

John Brown's lawyers tried to show that his family had a history of madness.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

John Brown was an important person in the history of Harpers Ferry.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

John Brown had declared that he was ready to die fighting slavery.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

Colonel Lee wrote a message to John Brown demanding his surrender.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

The attack was led by John Brown, an old anti-slavery extremist.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

Emperor Norton said John Brown never should have been executed.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

John Brown was ready for his final struggle against slavery.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

The jury found John Brown guilty of all three charges.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

John Brown was executed on December second,eighteen fifty-nine.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

John Brown had attacked with about twenty men.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

It is now known as John Brown's Fort.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

The attackers were led by John Brown.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

John Brown's rebellion was crushed.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

John Brown's raid changed that.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

The chairman of the Iraq Inquiry, John Chilcot, made the announcement Friday, saying Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other cabinet ministers will give evidence to the inquiry within the next two months.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22