20:
53:. Hinton describes him as "handsome, well-to-do, cultivated, and traveled". Instead of college, he lived in Paris for some time. In contrast, Sanborn described him as "enthusiastic and resolute, but with little judgment, and in feeble health; altogether, one would say, a very unfit person to take part actively in Brown’s enterprise." He was blind in one eye. He was the only one of John Brown's raiders who helped him financially.
70:
for a few months. He continued: "I already consider this the whole present business of my life. I am entirely free from any family ties which would impede my action. I was much disappointed in not meeting you in Kansas last winter, with a letter of recommendation from
Wendell Phillips. Immediately
61:
Meriam is unique among Brown's raiders, as so far as is known, he is the only one to have sent Brown an application letter, asking to participate. He had previously gone to Kansas with a letter of introduction from
71:
upon my return in the spring, I should wish to be employed in any manner to be of service to you; and, if convenient, to go through your system of training which I propose studying."
327:
286:
90:, "to guard the arms and ammunition stored on the premises, until it should be time to move them." Once he learned the raid turned badly, he managed to escape.
295:
106:(at the time, all colored units had white officers), Meriam was wounded in the leg during an engagement under Grant. After the war, he "went to Mexico to join
238:
736:
320:
209:
Report [of] the Select committee of the Senate appointed to inquire into the late invasion and seizure of the public property at Harper's Ferry
1066:
313:
237:. (This article was reprinted in several newspapers. Owen sent a letter to the editor with corrections). pp. 342–365, at p. 344.
772:
630:
799:
741:
708:
703:
336:
731:
499:
374:
158:
890:
726:
589:
1056:
940:
830:
1061:
179:
1046:
1015:
995:
907:
660:
985:
66:, hoping to meet Brown, but did not find him. He wrote to John Brown on December 23, 1858, that he was going to
785:
228:
46:
792:
50:
847:
655:
554:
884:
778:
767:
751:
698:
640:
625:
379:
369:
281:
935:
447:
207:
713:
579:
462:
384:
357:
154:
79:
38:
1051:
267:
136:
John Brown and his men ; with some account of the roads they traveled to reach Harper's Ferry
344:
259:
813:
718:
534:
519:
352:
305:
965:
960:
472:
75:
1041:
1036:
945:
927:
842:
759:
746:
682:
677:
667:
650:
429:
414:
362:
213:
282:"John Brown's Descendants. How the Family of the Famous Harper's Ferry Hero Are Scattered"
8:
452:
912:
901:
896:
879:
852:
493:
140:
103:
19:
134:
950:
922:
874:
869:
645:
539:
529:
504:
488:
424:
130:
599:
584:
559:
233:
63:
107:
974:
955:
857:
594:
457:
409:
389:
990:
980:
806:
574:
549:
514:
509:
404:
291:
203:
199:
184:
1030:
1000:
863:
609:
569:
564:
544:
524:
399:
394:
42:
1010:
1005:
672:
604:
467:
163:
83:
34:
917:
836:
439:
99:
635:
87:
335:
67:
102:
in the Third South
Carolina Colored Infantry during the
56:
264:
John Brown, 1800-1859: A Biography Fifty Years After
41:, Massachusetts, and died on November 28, 1865, in
1028:
321:
198:
110:in 1865. He has not since been heard from."
74:In October 1859 he indirectly witnessed the
328:
314:
180:"The Case for Black American Self-Defense"
631:B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing
229:"Owen Brown's Escape From Harper's Ferry"
125:
123:
18:
800:Remarks After the Hanging of John Brown
258:
177:
153:
1029:
742:John Brown Museum (Osawatomie, Kansas)
709:Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
226:
129:
93:
1067:People from Framingham, Massachusetts
773:John Brown's Provisional Constitution
732:John Brown Farm, Tannery & Museum
704:Burning of Winchester Medical College
309:
120:
45:. He was named for his grandfather,
727:John Brown Farm State Historic Site
178:Cameron, Rob (September 24, 2020).
13:
337:John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
57:Participation in John Brown's raid
14:
1078:
941:Origins of the American Civil War
831:Abolitionism in the United States
49:, who had been president of the
37:, born on November 17, 1837, in
1016:Winchester and Potomac Railroad
241:from the original on 2020-11-07
786:The Last Moments of John Brown
737:John Brown House (Akron, Ohio)
274:
252:
220:
192:
171:
147:
139:(Revised ed.). New York:
1:
793:A Plea for Captain John Brown
51:American Anti-Slavery Society
656:Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
227:Keeler, Ralph (March 1874).
159:"John Brown and His Friends"
7:
779:The Last Days of John Brown
699:Battle Hymn of the Republic
641:Charles Town, West Virginia
626:Allstadt House and Ordinary
10:
1083:
448:Thomas Wentworth Higginson
294:. Feb 9, 1889 – via
823:
714:Heyward Shepherd monument
691:
618:
481:
463:Franklin Benjamin Sanborn
438:
385:John Anthony Copeland Jr.
343:
1057:American revolutionaries
768:John Brown's last speech
268:Houghton Mifflin Company
260:Villard, Oswald Garrison
113:
287:Sandusky Daily Register
1047:American abolitionists
814:Virginia v. John Brown
520:John E.P. Daingerfield
420:Francis Jackson Meriam
353:Osborne Perry Anderson
29:(sometimes misspelled
27:Francis Jackson Meriam
23:
961:Pottawatomie massacre
473:George Luther Stearns
82:. He remained at the
76:raid on Harpers Ferry
22:
16:American abolitionist
1062:John Brown's raiders
946:Battle of Osawatomie
891:Fire on the Mountain
843:Battle of Black Jack
683:Winchester, Virginia
678:Sandy Hook, Maryland
651:Harpers Ferry Armory
430:Aaron Dwight Stevens
415:Lewis Sheridan Leary
345:John Brown's raiders
296:newspaperarchive.org
214:United States Senate
212:. Washington, D.C.:
986:Henry David Thoreau
885:Ralph Waldo Emerson
848:Battle of the Spurs
500:Owen Brown (father)
453:Samuel Gridley Howe
141:Funk & Wagnalls
94:After Harpers Ferry
913:Haitian Revolution
903:The Good Lord Bird
897:Wm. Lloyd Garrison
880:Frederick Douglass
853:James Madison Bell
494:Mary Ann Day Brown
131:Hinton, Richard J.
33:) was an American
24:
1024:
1023:
951:Quindaro Townsite
923:Elijah P. Lovejoy
875:George DeBaptiste
870:John Stuart Curry
761:John Brown's Body
753:John Brown's Body
747:John Brown's body
668:John Brown's Fort
661:Historic District
646:Gibson-Todd House
590:George H. Steuart
540:Stonewall Jackson
530:George Henry Hoyt
489:John Wilkes Booth
482:Other individuals
425:Dangerfield Newby
216:. pp. 66–67.
206:(June 15, 1860).
155:Sanborn, Franklin
1074:
936:James Montgomery
600:Lewis Washington
585:Lysander Spooner
580:Heyward Shepherd
560:Wendell Phillips
375:Owen Brown (son)
330:
323:
316:
307:
306:
300:
299:
278:
272:
271:
256:
250:
249:
247:
246:
234:Atlantic Monthly
224:
218:
217:
196:
190:
189:
175:
169:
168:
151:
145:
144:
127:
64:Wendell Phillips
1082:
1081:
1077:
1076:
1075:
1073:
1072:
1071:
1052:American rebels
1027:
1026:
1025:
1020:
975:Seven Angry Men
956:Allan Pinkerton
858:Bleeding Kansas
819:
687:
614:
595:J. E. B. Stuart
505:John Brown, Jr.
477:
458:Theodore Parker
434:
410:John Henry Kagi
390:Barclay Coppock
339:
334:
304:
303:
280:
279:
275:
257:
253:
244:
242:
225:
221:
204:Collamer, Jacob
200:Mason, James M.
197:
193:
176:
172:
152:
148:
128:
121:
116:
98:Captain in the
96:
59:
47:Francis Jackson
17:
12:
11:
5:
1080:
1070:
1069:
1064:
1059:
1054:
1049:
1044:
1039:
1022:
1021:
1019:
1018:
1013:
1008:
1003:
998:
993:
991:Harriet Tubman
988:
983:
981:Storer College
978:
971:
967:Santa Fe Trail
963:
958:
953:
948:
943:
938:
933:
925:
920:
915:
910:
899:
894:
887:
882:
877:
872:
867:
860:
855:
850:
845:
840:
833:
827:
825:
821:
820:
818:
817:
810:
807:Tragic Prelude
803:
796:
789:
782:
775:
770:
765:
757:
749:
744:
739:
734:
729:
724:
716:
711:
706:
701:
695:
693:
689:
688:
686:
685:
680:
675:
670:
665:
664:
663:
653:
648:
643:
638:
633:
628:
622:
620:
616:
615:
613:
612:
607:
602:
597:
592:
587:
582:
577:
575:George Sennott
572:
567:
562:
557:
555:Richard Parker
552:
550:James M. Mason
547:
542:
537:
532:
527:
522:
517:
515:Samuel Chilton
512:
510:James Buchanan
507:
502:
497:
491:
485:
483:
479:
478:
476:
475:
470:
465:
460:
455:
450:
444:
442:
436:
435:
433:
432:
427:
422:
417:
412:
407:
405:Albert Hazlett
402:
397:
392:
387:
382:
377:
372:
367:
366:
365:
355:
349:
347:
341:
340:
333:
332:
325:
318:
310:
302:
301:
292:Sandusky, Ohio
273:
270:. p. 685.
251:
219:
191:
185:Foreign Policy
170:
146:
118:
117:
115:
112:
95:
92:
58:
55:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1079:
1068:
1065:
1063:
1060:
1058:
1055:
1053:
1050:
1048:
1045:
1043:
1040:
1038:
1035:
1034:
1032:
1017:
1014:
1012:
1009:
1007:
1004:
1002:
1001:Denmark Vesey
999:
997:
994:
992:
989:
987:
984:
982:
979:
977:
976:
972:
970:
968:
964:
962:
959:
957:
954:
952:
949:
947:
944:
942:
939:
937:
934:
932:
930:
929:Marching Song
926:
924:
921:
919:
916:
914:
911:
909:
906:
904:
900:
898:
895:
893:
892:
888:
886:
883:
881:
878:
876:
873:
871:
868:
866:
865:
864:Cloudsplitter
861:
859:
856:
854:
851:
849:
846:
844:
841:
839:
838:
834:
832:
829:
828:
826:
822:
816:
815:
811:
809:
808:
804:
802:
801:
797:
795:
794:
790:
788:
787:
783:
781:
780:
776:
774:
771:
769:
766:
764:
762:
758:
756:
754:
750:
748:
745:
743:
740:
738:
735:
733:
730:
728:
725:
723:
721:
717:
715:
712:
710:
707:
705:
702:
700:
697:
696:
694:
690:
684:
681:
679:
676:
674:
671:
669:
666:
662:
659:
658:
657:
654:
652:
649:
647:
644:
642:
639:
637:
634:
632:
629:
627:
624:
623:
621:
617:
611:
610:Henry A. Wise
608:
606:
603:
601:
598:
596:
593:
591:
588:
586:
583:
581:
578:
576:
573:
571:
570:James Redpath
568:
566:
565:Richard Realf
563:
561:
558:
556:
553:
551:
548:
546:
545:Robert E. Lee
543:
541:
538:
536:
535:Andrew Hunter
533:
531:
528:
526:
525:Israel Greene
523:
521:
518:
516:
513:
511:
508:
506:
503:
501:
498:
495:
492:
490:
487:
486:
484:
480:
474:
471:
469:
466:
464:
461:
459:
456:
454:
451:
449:
446:
445:
443:
441:
437:
431:
428:
426:
423:
421:
418:
416:
413:
411:
408:
406:
403:
401:
400:Shields Green
398:
396:
395:Edwin Coppock
393:
391:
388:
386:
383:
381:
378:
376:
373:
371:
368:
364:
361:
360:
359:
356:
354:
351:
350:
348:
346:
342:
338:
331:
326:
324:
319:
317:
312:
311:
308:
297:
293:
289:
288:
283:
277:
269:
265:
261:
255:
240:
236:
235:
230:
223:
215:
211:
210:
205:
201:
195:
187:
186:
181:
174:
166:
165:
160:
157:(July 1872).
156:
150:
142:
138:
137:
132:
126:
124:
119:
111:
109:
105:
101:
91:
89:
85:
81:
77:
72:
69:
65:
54:
52:
48:
44:
43:New York City
40:
36:
32:
28:
21:
1011:Walt Whitman
1006:Wakarusa War
973:
966:
928:
902:
889:
862:
835:
812:
805:
798:
791:
784:
777:
760:
752:
719:
673:Kennedy Farm
605:Walt Whitman
468:Gerrit Smith
419:
380:Watson Brown
370:Oliver Brown
285:
276:
263:
254:
243:. Retrieved
232:
222:
208:
194:
183:
173:
164:The Atlantic
162:
149:
135:
97:
84:Kennedy Farm
73:
60:
35:abolitionist
30:
26:
25:
1042:1865 deaths
1037:1837 births
918:Victor Hugo
908:miniseries)
722:(biography)
1031:Categories
996:Nat Turner
837:La Amistad
720:John Brown
692:Afterwards
440:Secret Six
358:John Brown
266:. Boston:
245:2020-10-19
100:Union Army
80:John Brown
39:Framingham
636:Beall-Air
619:Locations
104:Civil War
262:(1910).
239:Archived
133:(1894).
88:Maryland
905:(book,
824:Related
78:led by
31:Merriam
969:(film)
931:(play)
763:(song)
755:(poem)
496:(wife)
108:Juárez
114:Notes
68:Haiti
363:body
86:in
1033::
290:.
284:.
231:.
202:;
182:.
161:.
122:^
329:e
322:t
315:v
298:.
248:.
188:.
167:.
143:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
.jpg)