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Thomas Wentworth Higginson manuscript memorandum listing the obstacles in the way of Aaron Dwight Steven's escape, [approximately February 1860]

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Title supplied by cataloger.Date from item or from supporting materials.Donated to the Boston Public Library by Thomas Wentworth Higginson in 1904.Mentions the dangers of crossing the mountainous country, the defenses of the building, the difficult retreat with the prisoner. Printed in O. G. Villard, John Brown, p. 576-7.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
  4. History
  5. John Brown's Raid, 1859
  6. Slaver
  7. United States

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