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Photographs of John Brown and his raid on Harper's Ferry, from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Photograph Collection.
Title
[Photographs of John Brown and his raid on Harper's Ferry, from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Photograph Collection.]
Production
[United States : producer not identified, approximately 1859]
Physical Description
1 online resource (21 images).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2007. Digitized from a copy held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
These photographs and drawings relate to the radical US abolitionist John Brown (1800-59) and the raid he led in July 1859 on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), intending to start a slave revolt, which ended in his capture, trial and hanging.
Variant and related titles
Slavery, abolition & social justice.
Format
Online
Added to Catalog
October 24, 2023
Series
Slavery, abolition & social justice
Subjects
Genre/Form
Photographs
Also listed under
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, owner.
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