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Courthouse in Charles Town, West Virginia, where John Brown’s trial was held.
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
Post card showing the court house in Charles Town, W. VA. Where John Brown’s trial was held.
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Taking John Brown to the scaffold, Charles Town, West Virginia
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
Postcard view titled “Taking John Brown to the scaffold, Charles Town, W. VA.”
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John Brown
Date: 1859
An engraving of John Brown by John Chester Buttre and photographed by George Chase, Hiawatha, Kansas.
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Charles Plummer Tidd
Date: 1859
A tintype of Charles Plummer Tidd, one of John Brown’s followers that escaped from Harpers Ferry.
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Charles Plummer Tidd
Date: 1859
Portrait of Charles Plummer Tidd, who was one of John Brown’s men who escaped from Harpers Ferry.
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Charles Plummer Tidd
Date: 1859
A pen and ink sketch of Charles Plummer Tidd used as an illustration in Hinton’s book, John Brown and His Men. Tidd, a John Brown follower, escaped the Harpers Ferry…
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William Henry Leeman
Date: 1859
A pen and ink sketch of William Henry Leeman used for illustration in Richard Hinton’s book; John Brown and his men. Leeman was one of John Brown’s men who was…
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William Henry Leeman
Date: 1859
A tintype of William Henry Leeman, one of John Brown’s followers. Leeman was killed at Harpers Ferry.
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Aaron Dwight Stevens
Date: 1856
A cabinet card of Aaron Dwight Stevens, 1831-1860. Stevens, reported to be one of abolitionist John Brown’s bravest men, used the alias Captain Charles Whipple while following Brown. Stevens was…
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Aaron Dwight Stevens
Date: 1856
A pen sketch of Aaron Dwight Stevens, 1831-1860, published in Richard Hinton’s book, “John Brown and His Men.” Stevens, reported to be one of abolitionist John Brown’s bravest men, used…
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Aaron Dwight Stevens
Date: 1856
A cyanotype of Aaron Dwight Stevens, 1831-1860, from a drawing made by Samuel J. Reader of Shawnee County, Kansas Territory. Stevens, reported to be one of abolitionist John Brown’s bravest…
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Lewis Sheridan Leary
Date: 1859
A pen and ink sketch of Lewis Sheridan Leary a free black man in North Carolina and follower of John Brown. The sketch was used as an illustration in Hinton’s…
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Lewis Sheridan Leary
Date: 1859
A tintype of Lewis Sheridan Leary a free black man in North Carolina and follower of John Brown. Leary was shot during the raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West…
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John Henri Kagi
Date: 1859
Tintype of John Henri Kagi, one of John Brown’s followers. Kagi was a very educated man who taught school in Virginia but moved to Lawrence to help out the anti-slavery…
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Dangerfield Newby, a John Brown follower, who was killed at Harper’s Ferry, VA
Date: 1859
An engraving of Dangerfield Newby who was killed at Harpers Ferry.
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Dangerfield Newby
Date: 1859
Dangerfield Newby, a John Brown follower, who was killed at the gate of the U.S. Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
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Dangerfield Newby
Date: 1859
Pen and ink sketch of Dangerfield Newby who was killed at the gate of the U.S. Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
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Charles Fredrick William Leonhardt with an unidentified woman
Date: 1859
Charles Fredrick William Leonhardt was a Swiss Revolutionary and follower of John Brown. He is pictured with an unidentified woman who is possibly his wife Esther.
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Charles Fredrick William Leonhardt
Date: 1859
Photo of Charles Fredrick William Leonahardt. He was one of John Brown’s followers. He was originally from Prussia and moved to Paola, Kansas.
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Hannah Maxson
Date: 1858
A newspaper clipping of Mrs. Hannah Maxson, wife of William Maxson, who sheltered John Brown and his men in Springdale, Iowa.
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William Maxson
Date: 1859
A newspaper clipping of William Maxson, who sheltered John Brown and his men at Springdale, Iowa.
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Francis Jackson Merriam
Date: 1859
Portrait of Francis Jackson Merriam, one of John Brown’s men who escaped from Harpers Ferry.
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Francis Jackson Merriam
Date: 1859
A pen and ink sketch of Francis Jackson Merriam, who was one of John Brown’s men. The sketch was used as an illustration in Richard J. Hinton’s book John Brown…
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Albert Hazlett
Date: 1859
Portrait of Albert Hazlett, one of John Brown’s men. He was captured and executed at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
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Albert Hazlett
Date: 1859
A pen and ink drawing of Albert Hazlett, who was one of John Brown’s men. It was used as an illustration in Richard J. Hinton’s book, John Brown and His…