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The above picture shows Hayward Shepherd sitting on his truck in his shirt sleeves; The old Negro that transferred baggage from the Baltimore He was killed by one of the Brown's men just as they came off of the end of the bridge Sunday night, October 16th; It was contrary to Brown's orders: he told his men before they left the Kennedy to take no life except in self-defense

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Avey, Elijah

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Capture and execution of John Brown; a tale of martyrdom; by Elijah Avey, eye witness.

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. The New York Public Library

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