History of Ossawatamie Browns Harper's Ferry insurrection leader
Narrative from the New York Herald on Captain John Brown detailing his Kansas exploits, family losses, and death, including his anti slavery zeal, the Black Jack encounter, the Harpers Ferry raid, and the roles of Martinsburg volunteers and local figures in the siege.
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Ossawhtamie
Crown
Kentucky
Brown
Free State
Lawrence
Robinson
Shannon
Lane
Lowry
Committee On
Trget
Kansas
Ossawatamie
Lecompton
Robinson Jenkins
Missouri
Nawrence
Sharp
Colt
Old Brown
Pottawattomie Creek
4Buford
Georgia
Westport
Hogler
Kansas Commission
United States House of Representatives
Outrage by Robinsons Circus at Gaston NC Reported
Petersburg Ex Press correspondent from Green Plains NC dates October 10 describes Robinsons Circus Company at Gaston on the 8th defying the sheriff over a 75 dollar circus tax and 15 dollar side show levy. Doorkeeper Alex Robinson allegedly shoved women and children and a brawl followed, with Dr B B Hicks of Oxford reported missing and presumed murdered, later likely thrown into the Roanoke river. Several others were beaten, robbed, or injured and a man fired a pistol in self defense. An arm was torn from Alexander Mitchell in Jefferson County by a threshing machine incident on the 28th last month.
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Petersburg Ex Press
Green Plains
North Carolina
Robinson's Circus Company
Gaston
N. C
Alex Robinson
Gal
B. B. Hicks
Oxford
Roanoke River
Tilmas High
Joseph Owen
James Vincent
Janes Haney
Buckley
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Harper's
Perry
Pate
Missourn
Col
Sumner
Black Jack Point
ST. C. P
St. Louis
Hamilton
Montgomery
Capt. Brown
Presbyterian Church
Capt
Tennessee
Harper's Ferry
Baltimore
William Leeman
Potomac
Maryland
Blillewell
Maine
Haleswell
Mattie
Natick
Hallowell
Boston
Illas
George Mitghell
Mr. Allen
Mr. Bart. Nason
David Wallock
Mamma Butler
California
Lizzie. L. Leeman
Hallowell, Maine
Martinsburg
Sandy Hook
Alburtis
Arsenal
Richardson
Evan Dorsey
Geo. H. Murphy
Murphy
U.S
Gandy Hook
Harper’s Ferry
Lee
Egerton
Shepherdstown
Clipper
Thomas C. James
W. Prescott Smith
American
Exchange
Frederick
Thomas Sinn
Slarper’s Ferry
Kirk Hammond
Go'plock
Battallion
Law Greys
United Guard
Col. Lee
Armory Yard
J. E. B. Stuart
Grigf
Stohmine
Cal. Lee
Lieu. Green
Marthe
Drs Dunbar
Henry C. Scout
Quinn
Hupert
David Paul Brown
Philadelphia
Bow
Lliw
Lynetburg Republican
Frances B. Shackleford
Amherst County
Virginia
Maury
Old Virginia
Robinson's Circus
Alexander Mitchell
Parnace
Jefferson County
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