Title

John Brown, American abolitionist, (c1880). Artist: Unknown

Caption

John Brown, American abolitionist, (c1880). Brown (1800-1859) believed that armed insurrection was the only way to end slavery in the United States. He led the Free-staters in the Bleeding Kansas conflict that broke out in 1855 and was involved in the killing of five pro-slavery southerners at Pottawatomie in 1856. In 1859 he led a raid on the federal armoury at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, that was intended to obtain weapons begin an uprising against slavery in the southern states. Brown was captured after the raid, tried and hanged for treason. A print from Cassell's History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1880

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C49_315

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,2Mb) / 12,3in x 15,8in / 3696 x 4733 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male event man men head country guy dead West Virginia death location century rebellion leader concept B&W head and shoulders MONOCHROME United States of America United States 19th century revolt Harper's Ferry black & white black and white B W abolitionist martyr nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector abolition anti-slavery executed martyrdom TGN treason engraving portrait Unknown John Edmund Brown John Brown Edmund Ollier Ollier Bleeding Kansas Pottawatomie Massacre John Brown Edmund Ollier engraving portrait