John Brown gravesite [photograph], 1888.

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John Brown gravesite [photograph], 1888.

Photograph depicting abolitionist John Brown's gravesite on his family farm in North Elba. N.Y. The photograph was taken by Baldwin's Photos of Plattsburgh, N.Y. in 1888 and is inscribed on the verso with information about the gravestone in an unknown hand.

1 photograph in 1 folder : albumen print, b&w ; image 18 x 23 1/2 cm, on mount 20 x 25 1/2 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7791386

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Baldwin's Photos (Plattsburgh, N.Y.),

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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...