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Harpers Ferry Insurrection, 1859

Engraving depicting the U.S. Marines storming the engine house at Harpers Ferry, with insurgents, led by John Brown, firing through holes in the doors. John Brown, a white abolitionist, attempted to start an armed slave revolt by seizing a military arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859. He was defeated by a detachment of Marines led by Colonel Robert E. Lee. John Brown was the first white man to use violence in an attempt to end slavery. The raid alarmed many in the South and led to militarization in preparation for a Northern invasion. Brown was tried and executed for treason, murder, and conspiracy.
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Harpers Ferry Insurrection, 1859
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Engraving depicting the U.S. Marines storming the engine house at Harpers Ferry, with insurgents, led by John Brown, firing through holes in the doors. John Brown, a white abolitionist, attempted to start an armed slave revolt by seizing a military arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859. He was defeated by a detachment of Marines led by Colonel Robert E. Lee. John Brown was the first white man to use violence in an attempt to end slavery. The raid alarmed many in the South and led to militarization in preparation for a Northern invasion. Brown was tried and executed for treason, murder, and conspiracy.
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Album / Science Source / Library of Congress
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Image size:
3320 x 2128 px | 20.2 MB
Print size:
28.1 x 18.0 cm | 11.1 x 7.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1859 • 19TH CENTURY • ABOLITION • ABOLITIONIST • ACTIVIST • AMERICA • AMERICAN • ANTI-SLAVERY • ARMED FORCES • ARMED • ARMORY • ARSENAL • ART • ARTWORK • ATTACK • BATTLE • BW • CELEBRITY • COLONEL • CONFLICT • CONSPIRACY • CONTROVERSIAL • CONVICTED • DEFEATED • DETACHMENT • DRAWING • ENGRAVING • EVENT • EXECUTED • FAMOUS • FÉDÉRAL • FIGHT • FIRST • FREEDOM FIGHTER • HARPERS FERRY ARMORY • HARPERS FERRY INSURRECTION • HARPERS FERRY • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • IMPORTANT • INCITE • INSURRECTION • J. BROWN • JOHN BROWN'S RAID • JOHN BROWN • LEE • MARINE • MILITANT • MILITARIZATION • MILITARY • MURDER • NOTABLE • PILLAGING • RAID ON HARPERS FERRY • REBELLION • REVOLT • REVOLUTIONARY • RIOT • RISING • ROBERT E. LEE • ROBERT LEE • SEDITION • SEIZE • SLAVE REBELLION • SLAVE • SLAVERY • SOLDIERS • SOUTH • SOUTHERN STATES • STRUGGLE • TREASON • TRIED • UNITED STATES • UPRISING • UPROAR • US • USA • VIOLENCE • VIOLENCIA • VIRGINIA • WELL-KNOWN