dennis frye: he did several. he did interviews to newspapers, newspaper writers, and virginia allowed this. they permitted this. virginians wanted to show that they were the people who maintained the law, and brown was the violator of the law. and so they did not want to shield him, keep them separate, apart. they did not want him not to be hurt. they thought every word he said gave him a bad position. and so used newspaper editors and journalists, letters that he would write. he was able to write letters without censorship. the court room more ration, which was widely spread throughout north and south. the immediate interview done after his capture, he specifically said that the real criminals were not him, they were people like the governor of virginia, senator mason of virginia, congressman faulconer of virginia, and virginians that permitted slavery to exist, you are the criminals, not himself. and 24 hours after his capture, that is his report. each one of these becomes a step in the direction of making brow

watch the entire program with dennis frye saturday 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3's american history tv. >> up next, lincoln's outlook on economic opportunity and equality. we hear about his belief that every citizen has the ability to "rise up," including slaves, who says wentty he against the american promise. he compares modern economic policy to lincoln's economic philosophy. cottage hostcoln's this event. hosted this

. >> author dennis frye is an historian with the national park service. >> john brown believed that godught him to this earth for the purpose of delivering nearly four million enslaved people into freedom. >> brown's violent crusade begins in the kansas territory. >> kansas was not yet a state. and at that time, congress adopted a law that allowed settlers to go to kansas and determine for themselves whether it would be a slave state or a free state. john brown went to kansas to ensure that it would always be a free state. >> "bloody kansas" erupts. on may 21, 1856, brown and a group of followers go on a rampage, dragging five proslavery men from their homes and hacking them to death. >> brown was a wanted man. the united states government wanted him. >> but while president buchanan puts a price on brown's head, newspapers in the northeast call him a hero. >> brown decides to take his fight to the south. in october 1859, he and his men head for harpers ferry, virginia, plotting to spark a slave insurrection. >> jamie, we are standing at the location of the united states arsenal building

dennis frye said he would not be taken alive. now, the protesters are trying -- are planning to turn themselves in. the refuge has been occupied by a group. lisa: new developments in a shooting investigation in blue ash. the city' s police department is now calling sunday' s shooting on oak street an isolated incident. police say at least 10 shots were fired along oak and florence avenues and three we are told everyone involved in the shooting knew each other, and they all had ties to the hazelwood community. to help put neighbor' s fears at ease, the city says there will be extra patrols dedicated to the area over the next few days. the shooting. police say detectives are still looking at forensic evidence to gun. lisa: more republican candidates the white house. this is coming after disappointing numbers for some of the candidates. miriah turner has more from the campaign trail. miriah: at one point, there were 60 republican candidates in the race, but after iowa and new hampshire, the field is down to six. carolina fiorina at

watch the entire program with dennis frye saturday 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3's american history tv. >> up next, lincoln's outlook on economic opportunity and equality. we hear about his belief that every citizen has the ability to "rise up," including slaves, who says wentty he against the american promise. he compares modern economic policy to lincoln's economic philosophy. cottage hostcoln's this event. hosted this event. >> good evening and welcome to lincoln's cottage. please silence your phones. the 2015-2016 cottage conversation series was made possible by david bruce smith and james and matthew. at the conclusion, we invite you to join us downstairs for the book signing. our next conversation will be on thursday, march 3. it will discuss the life of frederick douglass. we are pleased to welcome back harold holzer. he is the chairman of the lincoln bicentennial foundation and is the co-author of books on the civil war, as well as hundreds of articles and chapters and additional volumes. he received the lincoln prize in 2005 and wa

. >> author dennis frye is an historian with the national park service. >> john brown believed that god to this earth for the purpose of delivering nearly four million enslaved people into freedom. >> brown's violent crusade begins in the kansas territory. >> kansas was not yet a state. and at that time, congress adopted a law that allowed settlers to go to kansas and determine for themselves whether it would be a slave state or a free state. john brown went to kansas to ensure that it would always be a free state. >> "bloody kansas" erupts. on may 21, 1856, brown and a group of followers go on a rampage, dragging five proslavery men from their homes and hacking them to death. >> brown was a wanted man. the united states government wanted him. >> but while president buchanan puts a price on brown's head, newspapers in the northeast call him a hero. >> brown decides to take his fight to the south. in october 1859, he and his men head for harpers ferry, virginia, plotting to spark a slave insurrection. >> jamie, we are standing at the location of the united states arsenal building. >> on

. >> at 6:00 on the civil war, historian dennis frye on the reactions of southerners and northernerso john brown's 1859 raid on the federal arm morey at harper's ferry, his subsequent execution and the divided sentiments. sunday afternoon at 2:00 historians explore the history of the death penalty in america, including the 1976 greg v georgia u.s. supreme court case that affirmed the constitutionality of capital unpiche meu punishment. and james swanson compares the assassinations of abraham lincoln in 1865 and john f. kennedy in 1963. their personal similarities and differences in their terms in office, the backgrounds of the assassins and the state of the country at the time. he also talks about the experience and reactions of the two widows mary lincoln and jacqueline kennedy. >> jackie was very conscious of history. jfk was very interested in lincoln and knew a lot about lincoln and jackie did have very much in mind the lincoln precedent for the funeral. >> for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to c-spspan.orcspan.org. >>> every election cycle we're reminded h

. >> at 6:00 on the civil war, historian dennis frye on the reactions of southerners and northerners to the 1859 raid on the armory. his subs subsequent execution and the nation's divided sentiments. sunday afternoon at 2:00, historians explore the history of the death penalty in america, including the 1976 greg v. georgia u.s. sprkt case that affirmed the constitutionality of capital punishment. monday at 3:30 eastern, an our author compares the assassinations of abraham lincoln an john f. kennedy. their personal similarities and differences, the state of the country at the time. he also talks about the experience and reactions of the two widows. >> jackie was very conscious of history. jfk was very interested in ieb ham lincoln, knowledgeable about lincoln. so jackie did have v much in time the lincoln president for the funeral. >> for the complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> roads to the white house began in iowa, the caucuses which date back to 1972. and then we move to new hampshire, that quintessential first in the nation primary, a listening open rich history. now we begin

. >> historian dennis frye on the reaction of both southerners and northerners to john brown's 1859 raidt harper's ferry. the subsequent execution and the nation's divided sentiments as americans headed towards the 1860 election. historians explore the history of the death penalty in america, including the 1976 greg v georgia u.s. supreme court court case. there's personal similarities and differences. >> jackie was very conscious of history. jfk was very interested in abraham lincoln, knowledge about lincoln and so jackie did have very much in mind the lincoln precedent for the funeral.

>> historian dennis frye describes the reaction of both southerners and northerners in the wake of abolitionist john brown's 1859 raid on harper's ferry, and his resulting execution. using quotes from period newspapers and letters, mr. frye sets the stage for the nations divided sentiments are ahead of 1860 which was won by abraham lincoln. his talk was hosted by shepherd university. it is about one hour, 20 minutes. host: good evening. thank you very much for coming to the last installment before christmas. it has been a great success. shepherd university is ending on