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Illustration showing prisoners Shields Green, Copeland, and Haslett, in a jail cell after the Harpers Ferry insurrection. At the time of the insurrection, Harper's Ferry was located in Virginia; however, in 1863, it became part of West Virginia.
Creator: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Date: 1859
Item Number: 208761
Call Number: B Brown, John *129
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208761
Built Environment - Function - Government - Correctional Facility
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Prisons and Jails
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Punishment - Death penalty
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition - Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Magazine - Illustrations
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, John, 1800-1859
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Other States - Virginia
Places - Other States - West Virginia
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Photographs
Type of Material - Printed materials - Magazines - Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper
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