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John Brown and the Harper's Ferry uprising...
John Brown and the Harper's Ferry uprising...
Item # 699718
November 08, 1859
NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 8, 1859
* John Brown's insurrection - invasion - raid
* Harpers Ferry WV - West Virginia
The last column of the front page has: "The Harper's Ferry Affair" "The Excitement & Crisis in the South" with many subheads. Also: "The Law of Virginia In Regard to Pardons" and "A Warning from Accomack".
Page 4 has an editorial on it headed: "The Revolutionary Sentiment & the Crisis at the South".
Eight pages, irregular at the spine with minor loss near the bottom spine, good condition.
AI notes: John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry in October 1859 was a bold but ill-fated attempt to spark a massive slave uprising in the United States. Brown, a radical abolitionist who believed slavery could only be ended through violent action, led a group of 21 men—both Black and white—on a raid of the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). His plan was to seize weapons, arm enslaved people in the region, and ignite a widespread rebellion throughout the South. While his men initially captured the armory, they were quickly surrounded by local militia and townspeople, and within two days U.S. Marines under the command of Colonel Robert E. Lee stormed the engine house where Brown and his followers made their last stand. Ten of Brown’s men were killed, including two of his sons, and he himself was captured, later tried for treason, murder, and inciting slave insurrection. On December 2, 1859, he was executed by hanging. Though the raid failed militarily, Brown’s actions and subsequent martyrdom electrified the national debate over slavery, hardening divisions between North and South and pushing the nation closer to civil war.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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