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Shields Green (1836? – December 16, 1859), who also referred to himself as "'Emperor"', [1] : 387 [2] [3] was, according to Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave from Charleston, South Carolina, and a leader in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, in October 1859.
May 24, 2011 · Known as the “Emperor,” Shields Green was a fugitive slave who was executed in 1859 for his role in John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry. Shields Green was born a slave in South Carolina, with his birth year varying from 1825 to 1836.
Mar 4, 2021 · The True Story of Emperor Shields Green, the ‘Most Mysterious’ Harpers Ferry Raider. The Black Abolitionist’s Sacrifice in Joining John Brown Was Greater Than Cinematic Myth. Emperor Shields Green. Courtesy of Public Domain/the New York Illustrated News. By Louis A. DeCaro, Jr. | March 4, 2021.
Frederick Douglass, a pioneering abolitionist, refused Brown's invitation to join him in Virginia, believing that the raid on the armory was a suicide mission. Yet in front of Douglass, "Emperor" Shields Green, a fugitive from South Carolina, accepted John Brown's invitation.
Oct 6, 2020 · When Douglass refuses to participate, Shields Green (aka Emperor) stays with Brown to attack slavery at the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). The author Louis A. DeCaro, Jr. brings well-researched details to the untold story, which begins in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Oct 6, 2020 · Frederick Douglass, a pioneering abolitionist, refused Brown’s invitation to join him in Virginia, believing that the raid on the armory was a suicide mission. Yet in front of Douglass, “Emperor” Shields Green, a fugitive from South Carolina, accepted John Brown’s invitation.
Shields Green, who also referred to himself as "'Emperor"', was, according to Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave from Charleston, South Carolina, and a leader in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, in October 1859.
