Chipco, also known as Echo Emathla Chopco (Deer Leader) was a Muscogee speaking Seminole leader in the 1800s. His family were Red Sticks forced to flee to Florida after the War of 1812 when he was yo…

At 11 pm on this day in 1859 abolitionist John Brown and 21 others began their raid on Harper's Ferry in an attempt to seize arms and initiate a widespread slave revolt. Brown was aided by important …