One of the few civilians to witness the hanging was journalist David Strother, better known by his pen name, Porte Crayon. He had covered "John Brown’s war" from the first shots at Harpers Ferry.

John George Brown, born in 1831 in Durham, England, was an American artist known for his genre scenes depicting street urchins in New York. He studied at the School of Design, Newcastle-on-Tyne and ...

A John Brown University student is using art to express his ideas in a religion that hasn't always accepted him. On Friday, ...