American Carnage

What was going through Brown's head at Harpers Ferry? The story of his remarkably successful raid into Missouri gives us clues.
The second of a two-part bonus series about Brown's final days in Kansas.
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In May 1858, a proslavery gang massacred 11 unarmed Free Staters in eastern Kansas. The incident sparked outrage, and led John Brown to embark one of his most daring exploits. 
The first of a two-part bonus series about John Brown's final months in Kansas.
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What was it, exactly, about John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry that contributed to the abolition of slavery?
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John Brown envisioned a mass slave uprising. So where were they? 
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As John Brown and his men swing their steel broadswords on a moon-lit night, we look at the fierce debate among historians over whether even the most righteous forms of political violence can be justified.
[Subscribers can get EARLY ACCESS to Episode Four, "No Ghost of a Distinction" by throwing $3 our way at American Carnage on Patreon.]
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