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O'Keefe's Apartment
Dan O'Keefe illustrates how fear pierced the hearts of Harpers Ferry's citizens following the John Brown Raid. Four townspeople had been killed in the raid, including the mayor. O'Keefe became one of many citizens who patrolled the town streets at night. With gun in hand, he would keep a sharp watch for "prowling abolitionists" intent on freeing Brown from his jail cell in nearby Charles Town. There was also the greater fear that northern abolitionists would try to start another slave uprising, and that more townspeople would die. |