Eric Lana research files, 1837-1838,1848-1862.
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State Historical Society of Iowa
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Lana, Eric.
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In May 1999 Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack signed into law the Iowa Freedom Trail Program in which the state's Department of Cultural Affairs was to mark and commemorate Iowa's role in the underground railroad. The newspapers and county histories in the the collections of the State Historical Society of Iowa were searched for relevant material. These research files represent the results of that search. From the description of Eric Lana research files, 1837-1838,1848-1862. (Iowa Sate Histo...
Brown, John, 1800-1859
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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...
Iowa. Dept. of Cultural Affairs.
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