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Effect of John Brown’s Invasion at the South” is a reactionary cartoon to the events at Harpers Ferry. Harper’s Weekly published the critical cartoon on November 19, 1859, about a month after the events of the raid on Harpers Ferry.
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On November 19, 1859, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about John Brown's raid at the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry. Click on the image to open a larger version of the cartoon or...
A single panel comic that usually has some surreal joke. Some people find this style funny, others don’t. I don’t think the hub cap or the fire hose hold any significance. The closest thing would be that John Brown used fire hoses to blockade himself during his raid on Harper’s Ferry.
Mar 25, 2023 · John Brown has used his funding from the Secret Six to collect guns and begin his guerrilla war against slavery. With the help of his sons, Shields Green, Louis Sheridan Leary, John Anthony...
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Aug 6, 1993 · Brown was an abolitionist who was hanged for treason for inciting an uprising among slaves after he led a raid in 1859 on the arsenal in Harpers Ferry, then in Virginia but now in West Virginia.
6 days ago · Harpers Ferry Raid, assault that took place October 16–18, 1859, by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown on the federal armory located at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now in West Virginia). It was a main precipitating incident to the American Civil War.
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This cartoon is satirizing John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry. The raid was a major event in the prewar period. The plot began with a group called the “Secret Six,” an assembly of men who gathered together under the guidance of John Brown to plan the raid and raise funds for the cause.
