The House Jan. 6 committee’s final report is the latest in a long series of congressional studies that have tried to answer hard questions about government failures and suggest ways to avoid them.
A portrait of Harriet Tubman in 1878.
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Harriet Tubman has long been known as a conductor on the Underground Railroad leading enslaved Black people to freedom. Less known is her role as a Union spy during the Civil War.
Abolitionist John Brown, left, and President Abraham Lincoln, right, were both moral crusaders.
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President Lincoln was a statesman. John Brown was a radical. That’s the traditional view of how each one fought slavery, but it fails to capture the full measure of their devotion.
Ethan Hawke plays John Brown in Showtime’s new miniseries.
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The abolitionist’s legacy is often molded to fit various political agendas. Yet the Brown who appears in Showtime’s new miniseries is one we haven’t seen before.
Ole Peter Hansen Balling’s painting of John Brown.
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