The John Brown Raiders

At Harpers Ferry on October 17, 1859, the John Brown raiders, a group of men led by John Brown, struck a blow against slavery. Killed there were Jeremiah Anderson, Oliver Brown, Watson Brown, John Henri Kagi, Sherrod Lewis Leary, William Leeman, Dangerfield Newby, Stewart Taylor, Adolphus Thompson, and William Thompson. Executed were John Brown, John E. Cook, who escaped and was later captured, John A. Copeland Jr., Edwin Coppic, Shields Green, Albert Hazlet, who escaped and was later captured, and A.D. Stevens. Those who escaped were Osborne Anderson, Owen Brown, Barclay Coppic, Francis J. Merriam, and Charles P. Tidd. Sherrod Lewis Leary, Dangerfield Newby, John A. Copeland Jr., and Osborne Anderson were Black.

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia · United States