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A cyanotype of Aaron Dwight Stevens, 1831-1860, from a drawing made by Samuel J. Reader of Shawnee County, Kansas Territory. Stevens, reported to be one of abolitionist John Brown's bravest men, used the alias Captain Charles Whipple while following Brown. Stevens was convicted of treason and conspiring with slaves for his part in Brown's October 16, 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and was hung at Charles Town, Virginia on March 16, 1860.
Creator: Reader, Samuel James, 1836-1914
Date: 1856
Item Number: 208811
Call Number: B Brown, John *176a
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208811
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Treason
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition - Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Cyanotypes
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Cyanotypes
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