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After this pal led a raid on Harpers Ferry, Frederick Douglass hightailed it out of the country to avoid questioning |
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EVENTS OF THE 1850s |
2021-08-13 |
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In "Cloudsplitter" by Russell Banks, the son of this martyred abolitionist recalls his father |
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HISTORICAL FICTION |
2018-05-23 |
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Frederick Douglass said this man's "zeal in the cause of my race was far greater than mine" |
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19th CENTURY PEOPLE |
2014-02-24 |
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On Dec. 2, 1859 this abolitionist told his hangman, "I am ready at any time. Do not keep me waiting" |
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19th CENTURY QUOTATIONS |
2010-09-17 |
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Melville said this abolitionist who was hanged in Charlestown, Va. in 1859 was "the meteor of the war" |
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH |
2008-02-12 |
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His "Body lies a-mouldering in the grave" near his farmhouse in Lake Placid, New York |
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HISTORIC HOMES |
2003-05-30 |
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Here, Thomas Hovenden dramatically depicts the 1859 last moments of this man |
John Brown
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HISTORY ART |
2002-12-20 |
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In 1859 he wrote his wife from Va., "I am waiting the hour of my public murder with great composure of mind" |
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HISTORIC AMERICAN QUOTES |
2002-02-19 |
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One month prior to his hanging on December 2, 1859, he said that he had no design to "excite slaves to rebel" |
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HISTORIC QUOTES |
1999-11-12 |
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This abolitionist leader of the raid on Harpers Ferry was hanged in Charles Town, Va. in 1859 |
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THE 1850s |
1994-07-19 |
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This man wrote that he was "worth inconceivably more to hang than for any other purpose" |
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THE 1850s |
1991-07-05 |
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