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View of Harper's Ferry in 1859, showing the old wooden bridge of the Baltimore It was also used for a wagon bridge; Here is where John Brown crossed from the Maryland side with his twenty-two men Sunday night October 16, 1859, when he made the attack on Harper's Ferry

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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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Keywords

  1. Bridges
  2. Brown, John, 1800 1859
  3. Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
  4. Potomac River

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John Brown's Fort Monument at Harper's Ferry, marking the spot where his fort stood before it was taken to the Chicago World's Fair; The Government placed this Monument here, also the five following tablets marking the spot where the Government Arsenal stood at the time John Brown held it, they describe the capture of Harper's Ferry in full Capture of Harper's Ferry, September 15, 1862; No. 4 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 Capture of Harper's Ferry, September 15, 1862; No. 1 Capture of Harper's Ferry, September 15, 1862; No. 5 Captain Albertis and party attack on John Brown in the old engine-house at Harper's Ferry, October 17, 1859, showing the Governments flag in the center of its grounds, and London Heights, Va., in the background Capture of Harper's Ferry, September 15, 1862; No. 3 Capture of Harper's Ferry, September 15, 1862; No. 2 John Brown's Fort as it stands today up the Shenandoah River at Harper's Ferry, after its return from the Chicago World's Fair; It is never to be removed again The above picture explains how the government has the John Brown fort, the monument and the tablets arranged at Harper's Ferry The old government engine-house, now called John Brown's Fort, at Harper's Ferry, where he was captured Tuesday morning, October 18, 1859 The old jail at Charlestown, Jefferson County, Virginia, where John Brown was imprisoned; The jailer lives in the front part Here is where John Brown lived on Dr. Booth Kennedy's farm in Maryland, six miles from Harper's Ferry, Sunday night, October 16, 1859 John Brown's grave at North Elba, Essex County, New York; This tombstone was his grandfather's, Capt. John Brown, who died in the War of 1776 in a barn near New York City and was buried at Torrington, Conn., and while John Brown lived at North Elba, he went to Connecticut and helped to put a monument at his grandfather's grave, and when he came home he brought this stone with him; And just before he started for Harper's Ferry, he left a request with the Sexton of North Elba Cemetery John Brown, as he looked in 1857 John Brown on the way to be executed two and one-half blocks from the jail to his scaffold John Brown's birth-place at Torrington, Connecticut, where he lived until five years old, when his father moved to Hudson, Ohio; It is now owned by the John Brown Historical Society at Torrington The old Court House at Charlestown, Jefferson County, Virginia, where John Brown was tried; it stands diagonal across the street from the jail John Brown The capture and execution of John Brown; A tale of martyrdom; By Elijah Avey, eye witness. [Title page]
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