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AEDJohn Brown signature 1800-1859: Harpers Ferry
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2 Bedford Terrace
North Shields, Tyne and Wear NE29 0AW
United Kingdom
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LiveMar 27, 2026
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A signature of John Brown. Mounted, framed and supplied with coa.
A similar frame may be supplied.
The raid on Harpers Ferry was intended to be the first stage in an elaborate plan to establish an independent stronghold of formerly enslaved people in the Adirondack Mountains—an enterprise that had won moral and financial support from several prominent Bostonians. Choosing Harpers Ferry because of its arsenal and because of its location as a convenient gateway to the South, John Brown and his band of 21 recruits (his 2 sons, 14 white men, and 5 Black men), seized the armory on the night of October 16.
Sporadic fighting took place around the arsenal for two days. On October 18, combined state and federal troops (the latter commanded by Col. Robert E. Lee and including Lieut. Jeb Stuart) subdued Brown and his collaborators. Seventeen men died in the fighting. Brown was indicted for treason on October 25. He and his six surviving followers were hanged before the end of the year. - Shipping Info
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