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- Photograph Album of Cartes-de-Visite, 1859-1870 -
- 1859-1865
- Collections - Artifact
Photograph Album of Cartes-de-Visite, 1859-1870
- Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles, 1856-1860 -
- 1856-1860
- Collections - Artifact
Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles, 1856-1860
- Souvenir U.S. Mail Pouch from John Brown's Farm, Lake Placid, N.Y., 1938-1948 -
- 1938-1948
- Collections - Artifact
Souvenir U.S. Mail Pouch from John Brown's Farm, Lake Placid, N.Y., 1938-1948
- "John Brown, The Martyr," 1870 - Before the Civil War, Southern slave-owners stubbornly defended the necessity of slavery while vocal abolitionists continued to oppose it. John Brown took matters into his own hands. In 1859, he tried to steal government weapons, but he was caught and hanged for treason. Northerners honored him because he was willing to die for a cause. But it gave Southerners one more reason to prepare for war.
- 1859
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"John Brown, The Martyr," 1870
Before the Civil War, Southern slave-owners stubbornly defended the necessity of slavery while vocal abolitionists continued to oppose it. John Brown took matters into his own hands. In 1859, he tried to steal government weapons, but he was caught and hanged for treason. Northerners honored him because he was willing to die for a cause. But it gave Southerners one more reason to prepare for war.
- John Brown's Body -
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
John Brown's Body
- Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Volume IX, December 17, 1859 -
- December 17, 1859
- Collections - Artifact
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Volume IX, December 17, 1859
- "Freedom to the Slave...Fight For the Stars and Stripes," 1863-1865 - By 1863, the Union desperately needed reinforcements and African Americans were eager to help. After the Emancipation Proclamation, they were actively recruited into the army. Separated into their own regiments, they often experienced discrimination. These soldiers fought bravely, which changed the way many Americans thought about them. This broadside urges African-American enlistment in the Union Army.
- 1863-1865
- Collections - Artifact
"Freedom to the Slave...Fight For the Stars and Stripes," 1863-1865
By 1863, the Union desperately needed reinforcements and African Americans were eager to help. After the Emancipation Proclamation, they were actively recruited into the army. Separated into their own regiments, they often experienced discrimination. These soldiers fought bravely, which changed the way many Americans thought about them. This broadside urges African-American enlistment in the Union Army.