Existing comment:
This plaque is dedicated to the John Brown Raiders, a group of men led by John Brown who, at Harpers Ferry on October 17, 1859, struck a blow against slavery.
Killed at Harpers Ferry:
Jeremiah Anderson
Oliver Brown
Watson Brown
John Henri Kagi
Sherrod Lewis Leary *
William Leeman
Dangerfield Newby *
Stewart Taylor
Adolphus Thompson
William Thompson
Executed:
John Brown
John E. Cook (escaped/captured)
John A. Copeland, Jr. *
Edwin Coppic
Shields Green
Albert Hazlett (escaped/captured)
A.D. Stevens
Escaped:
Osborn Anderson *
Owen Brown
Barclay Coppic
Francis J. Merriam
Charles P. Tidd
* Black
by Jefferson County Branch, NAACP, August 19, 2001 |