United States, West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry, 39.32538, -77.738881859This 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.image/jpegLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-115350http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/benjamin-hill-1823-1882Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/benjamin-hill-1823-1882Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaAbolitionists--West Virginia--Harpers FerryVillages--West VirginiaFlags--United StatesMountains--West Virginia--Harpers FerryMen--West Virginia--Harpers FerryBuildings--West Virginia--Harpers FerryHarpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--Buildings, structures, etc.Raid on Harpers FerryStillImage