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A tintype of Lewis Sheridan Leary a free black man in North Carolina and follower of John Brown. Leary was shot during the raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). He died due to his wounds received during the raid.
Date: 1859
Item Number: 208809
Call Number: B Brown, John *163
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208809
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition - Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Tintypes
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Tintypes
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