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Broadside from mayor of Charles Town, Virginia
John Brown is to be hung and executed, December 2, 1859.
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Broadside of John Brown's last speech
Abolitionist John Brown, about to be sentenced to death in 1859, addresses the court. Broadside sold at "The Liberator", Wm. Lloyd Garrison's newspaper. See w:John Brown's last speech.
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Charles Town Methodist Church. St. Thomas Lutheran Church. Baptist Church. Zion Episcopal Church. Charles Town Presbyterian Church (77400)
Title: Charles Town Methodist Church. St. Thomas Lutheran Church. Baptist Church. Zion Episcopal Church. Charles Town Presbyterian Church Subjects: Churches Places: West Virginia > Jefferson (county) > Charles Town Notes: Title from item. Extent: 1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Accession #: 06_10_022502
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Copeland and Green
See John Brown's raiders. The two men are in tbe wagon.
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Jacks-Manning Farm
Driveway to the Jacks-Manning Farm, located along U.S. Route 340 in Charles Town, West Virginia, United States. The farmstead is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Jail in Charles Town, Virginia, in 1859
The abolitionist John Brown was held there.
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John Brown's Trial at Charlestown, Va
This was commissioned by Essex County and hangs in the Essex County Courthouse, Elizabethtown, New York.
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John Brown's execution
Note that spectators are deliberately kept so far away that they can not hear Brown.
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John Brown ascending the scaffold preparatory to being hanged - from a sketch by our special artist. LCCN2002735876
Title: John Brown ascending the scaffold preparatory to being hanged / from a sketch by our special artist. Abstract/medium: 1 print : wood engraving.
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John Brown ascending the scaffold preparatory to being hanged cph.3c32551
"John Brown ascending the scaffold preparatory to being hanged / from a sketch by our special artist." Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 211 (1859 Dec. 17), p. [33].
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John Brown riding on his coffin to the place of execution (Charlestown, W. Va.) LCCN99614097
Title: John Brown riding on his coffin to the place of execution [Charlestown, W. Va.] Abstract/medium: 1 print : wood engraving.
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Mary Brown escorted to visit her husband
See w:Virginia v. John Brown.
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Right half of picture of John Brown's execution
See w:Virginia v. John Brown.
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Shields Green, John Copeland, and Albert Hazlett
They were all part of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. See John Brown's Raiders. Shields Green; John Copeland, the mulatto; and Albert Haslett
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Trial of John Brown
The scene is the Jefferson County courtroom in w:Charles Town, Virginia (today West Virginia)
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Wea03013 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library
A sun pillar observed near Charles Town, West Virginia at about 6:00 P. M. This pillar was visible in Silver Spring, Maryland, about 50 miles to the southeast at approximately the same time. West Virginia, Charles Town.
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