Scope and Content Note
This collection includes 116 photographs and photocopies of photographs and prints, ca. 1850-1902, concerning John Brown (1800-1859), the abolitionist leader whose activities began in Kansas and culminated in the insurrection at Harpers Ferry in October 1859. Portraits of John Brown, his relatives and contemporaries, legal and military figures associated with his capture and trail. Includes Lawson Botts, Sheriff Campbell, Andrew Hunter, Judge Richard Parker and Harriet Tubman. Views of Brown's grave, views of Harpers Ferry, farms such as Kennedy's farm, and houses in the vicinity, courthouse and jail at Charles Town, West Virginia, etc. One photograph missing from LOT: Harriet Tubman.