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The John Brown Harper's Ferry insurrection...
The John Brown Harper's Ferry insurrection...
Item # 699716
November 02, 1859
NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 2, 1859
* John Brown's insurrection - invasion - raid
* Harpers Ferry WV West Virginia trial
The front page has column heads including: "The Harper's Ferry Affair" "Argument for Arrest of Judgment in Old Brown's Case" "The Trial of Coppie [Coppic] Commenced" "Extraordinary Eulogy on John Brown & His Fellow Conspirators" "The Bloody and Brutal Rochester Manifesto of Seward Elaborated" and also: "Extraordinary Address of Wendell Phillips on the Insurrection" & "Garrit Smith and the Harper's Ferry Outbreak" "Prayers of the Colored Folk For Old Brown & His Companions" "Thurlow Weed Sypathising With 'Old Brown' ".
John Brown-related content takes almost the full front page.
Eight pages, a small bit from the bottom of the spine margin does not affect mentioned content, otherwise nice.
AI notes: The trial of John Brown, following his raid on Harpers Ferry in October 1859, began in late October and concluded in early November in Charles Town, Virginia, under Judge Richard Parker. Brown faced charges of treason against Virginia, murder, and inciting a slave insurrection. Despite being wounded during the raid, he actively participated in the trial with legal representation from attorneys including Samuel Chilton and Hiram Griswold. The prosecution presented extensive testimony detailing Brown’s actions, intentions, and the involvement of his followers, while the defense highlighted his moral and religious motivations, even invoking claims of hereditary insanity. The trial moved swiftly, with the jury deliberating only about 45 minutes before convicting Brown on all counts on November 2, 1859, the same day he was sentenced to death by hanging. His eloquent defense and steadfast demeanor turned him into a polarizing figure: a martyr in the North and a symbol of fear in the South, and the trial itself became a significant national event that intensified sectional tensions, illustrating the deep divisions over slavery and foreshadowing the coming Civil War.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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