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Sacking of Lawrence — Ruins of Free State Hotel after Sacking of Lawrence. Image from State Historical Society of Missouri.
Photo Credit: State Historical Society of Missouri - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7387474
Sacking of Lawrence Ruins of Free State Hotel after Sacking of Lawrence. Image from State Historical Society of Missouri.
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Samuel Jefferson Jones
Photo Credit: By Kansas Historical Society - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85077036
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The Harper's Ferry Insurrection — Harper's Weekly Illustration of U.S. Marines attacking the firehouse which John Brown used as a fort during his raid on Harper's Ferry. From Harper's Weekly' in November 1859 reads: "The Harper's Ferry Insurrection.--The U.S. Marines storming the Engine-House.--Insurgents firing through holes in the wall." Year: 1859
Photo Credit: By Harper's Weekly - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=260944
The Harper's Ferry Insurrection Harper's Weekly Illustration of U.S. Marines attacking the firehouse which John Brown used as a fort during his raid on Harper's Ferry. From Harper's Weekly' in November 1859 reads: "The Harper's Ferry Insurrection.--The U.S. Marines storming the Engine-House.--Insurgents firing through holes in the wall." Year: 1859
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US arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia — Interior of the engine house at the armory, just before the door is broken down. Note hostages on the left.
Photo Credit: By Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=730236
US arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia Interior of the engine house at the armory, just before the door is broken down. Note hostages on the left.
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The Last Moments of John Brown, 1882 — Note Brown kissing black baby as he leaves the jail (a legend).
Photo Credit: By Thomas Hovenden - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21988037
The Last Moments of John Brown, 1882 Note Brown kissing black baby as he leaves the jail (a legend).
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John Brown at his trial, unable to stand or sit
Photo Credit: By David Hunter Strother - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=93092481
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Daniel Shays, leader of Shays' Rebellion
Photo Credit: By Richard Miller Devens, author. C. A. Nichols & Co. (Springfield, MA), publisher. - "Our First Century". 1878. Page 128., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46604574
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John Brown
Photo Credit: By Augustus Washington - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62993379
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What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? — The 1852 pamphlet printing of the speech
Photo Credit: Public Domain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:What_to_the_Slave_Is_the_Fourth_of_July.pdf
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? The 1852 pamphlet printing of the speech
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Lynn station — Early image of the 1838 station
Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45862257
Lynn station Early image of the 1838 station
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Anna Murray Douglass
Photo Credit: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14059529