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| Picture No | 10080954 |
| Date | 16 October 1859 |
| Description | John Brown - American abolitionist - captured |
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John Brown selects Harper's Ferry as his base for anti- slavery operations, and seizes the Federal armory : but he is overpowered, taken prisoner, tried for treason and hanged.
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| Source | Engraving by H M Paget in Cassell's History of the World |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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