- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Raid on Harpers Ferry
- Publisher:
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-115350
- Date of Original:
- 1859
- Subject:
- Abolitionists--West Virginia--Harpers Ferry
Villages--West Virginia
Flags--United States
Mountains--West Virginia--Harpers Ferry
Men--West Virginia--Harpers Ferry
Buildings--West Virginia--Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry, 39.32538, -77.73888
- Medium:
- wood engravings (prints)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This 1859 sketch of the abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper and depicts an attack on the raiders at the railroad bridge. News of the raid intensified the call for secession by many southern slaveowners.
This image of an 1859 engraving of the abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, depicts an attack on the raiders at the railroad bridge. The village stands behind them, and mountains rise around the town. An American flag flies in the center of the image. News of the raid intensified the call for secession by many Southern slaveowners. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/benjamin-hill-1823-1882/m-8867/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/benjamin-hill-1823-1882
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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