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Nice on John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry...
Nice on John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry...
Item # 704970
December 07, 1859
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Dec. 7, 1859
* John Brown's insurrection - invasion - raid
* Harpers Ferry WV West Virginia
* Just after Brown's execution
Page 3 has over 3 columns of text headed: "JOHN BROWN'S INVASION" with subheads: "The Fugitives--Cook and Virginia In Kansas" "Further Testimony--Letter from C.P. Tidd" "John Brown and G. W. Brown" "Direct From Harper's Ferry" "Disunion Sentiment" "Old Brown's Body" and more.
Eight pages, binding indents at the spine, otherwise good condition.
AI notes: On December 3, 1859, the abolitionist John Brown was buried in North Elba, New York, two days after his execution. Brown had been hanged on December 2, 1859, in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia), for leading the raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in October. His goal was to incite a slave rebellion, but the raid failed and he was captured, tried, and convicted of treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, murder, and inciting a slave insurrection. Brown’s execution made him a martyr to many in the abolitionist cause, and his death deepened the sectional divide that would lead to the American Civil War.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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