Borowitz True Crime Digital Collection

Postcard: Brown, John: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

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Postcard: Brown, John: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

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Title Postcard: Brown, John: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Publisher National Tribune, Washington, DC
Date 1909
Time Period 20th century
Description Image of Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), the site of abolitionist John Brown's 1859 raid.

John Brown, an abolitionist, and a group made up of Black people and white people, attempted to incite a movement to liberate enslaved people from pro-slavery Southern states by taking over a federal arsenal of weapons. Many were killed during the raid, and eventually they were defeated. Brown and several others, including John A. Copeland, Shields Green, Edwin Coppock, and Aaron Stevens, were captured, tried, and executed.
General Subject Area Crime
Extent 1 postcard
Institution Kent State University
Repository Special Collections and Archives
Finding aid title Finding Aid for the Crime-Related Postcards collection
Access Rights This digital object is owned by Kent State University and may be protected by U.S. Copyright law (Title 17, USC). Please include proper citation and credit for use of this item. Use in publications or productions is prohibited without written permission from Kent State University. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives for more information.
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Format of Original postcard
Subject Brown, John, 1800-1859
Capital Punishment
Provenance Crime-Related Postcards collection
Genre/Format postcards
Geographical Location United States. West Virginia

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