John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states... 112 KB (12,836 words) - 21:23, 19 April 2024 |
Kansas, Brown was captured, tried, and executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for a raid and incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry in 1859... 228 KB (24,092 words) - 23:25, 23 April 2024 |
John Brown's Fort was initially built in 1848 for use as a guard and fire engine house by the federal Harpers Ferry Armory, in Harpers Ferry, Virginia... 28 KB (3,096 words) - 20:50, 10 April 2024 |
On Sunday night, October 16, 1859, the abolitionist John Brown led a band of 22 in a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (since 1863... 107 KB (11,362 words) - 21:01, 4 March 2024 |
"John Brown's Body" (originally known as "John Brown's Song") is a United States marching song about the abolitionist John Brown. The song was popular... 41 KB (5,243 words) - 12:58, 20 April 2024 |
Shields Green (category John Brown's raiders) escaped slave from Charleston, South Carolina, and a leader in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, in October 1859.: 387 He had lived for almost two years... 111 KB (12,582 words) - 00:56, 6 March 2024 |
poem's title references the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in October 1859. He was captured and... 6 KB (531 words) - 23:32, 20 January 2024 |
Dangerfield Newby (category John Brown's raiders) the oldest of John Brown's raiders, and one of the five black raiders. He died during Brown's raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. As... 14 KB (1,511 words) - 12:34, 18 April 2024 |
Emperor (2020 film) (category Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)) freedom and participated in abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. In 1859, after the plantation on which Shields "Emperor" Green works in Charleston... 11 KB (1,079 words) - 14:03, 17 May 2023 |
Virginia John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (1859) Harpers Ferry Armory, second federal armory (construction begun 1799) and site of John Brown's slave revolt... 1 KB (188 words) - 04:18, 19 September 2021 |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (category Commons category link is on Wikidata) and got national attention, in the response to abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia), in October 1859. Black... 74 KB (8,590 words) - 17:06, 29 April 2024 |
Secret Six (category John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry) were a group of men who secretly funded the 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry by abolitionist John Brown. Sometimes described as "wealthy," this was true of... 11 KB (1,399 words) - 07:26, 31 March 2024 |
of a provisional constitution were found among John Brown's papers after his 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia. It called for a new state in the Appalachian... 11 KB (1,033 words) - 00:56, 6 September 2023 |
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was the largest event of 1859 in the United States, exacerbating the polarization of the country, and was a major factor... 33 KB (3,839 words) - 17:43, 30 November 2023 |
Lewis Washington (category John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry) most remembered today for his involuntary participation in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859. He was taken as hostage and some of his... 9 KB (928 words) - 04:00, 16 November 2023 |
Israel Greene (category John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry) and the leader of the company of Marines that captured John Brown during his raid on Harpers Ferry. He later left the USMC and served as an officer in the... 10 KB (1,106 words) - 01:31, 11 February 2024 |
Osborne Perry Anderson (category John Brown's raiders) abolitionist and the only surviving African-American member of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. He became a soldier in the Union Army during the American... 12 KB (1,304 words) - 22:31, 13 March 2024 |
Heyward Shepherd monument (category John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry) during John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. In 1918, the all-Black Storer College dedicated a plaque on its campus celebrating John Brown's raid. The United... 30 KB (3,217 words) - 20:54, 22 April 2024 |
In Finkleman, Paul (ed.). His Soul Goes Marching On. Responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid. Charlottesville, Virginia: University Press of... 160 KB (18,480 words) - 09:43, 2 May 2024 |
Lewis Sheridan Leary (category John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry) African-American harnessmaker from Oberlin, Ohio, who joined John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, where he was killed. Leary's father was a free born African-American... 7 KB (755 words) - 08:08, 8 April 2024 |