John Brown's Hideout

John Brown's Hideout Designs inspired by John Brown 1800-1859.

12/11/2024

Thousands of people fleeing slavery from across West Africa came to the French colony of Senegal, where slavery was legally abolished in 1848. Their path to freedom was often incomplete and led to other forms of bo***ge.

French "liberty" villages were purportedly built to welcome people who had self-liberated, promising refuge from re-enslavement. However, these communities began to function as labor camps for the French colonial government. In the aftermath of abolition, villagers were an essential labor population for the expanding colony.

Learn more in our newest exhibition, "In Slavery's Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World," opening December 13, 2024.



📸 A New and Accurate Map of the European Settlements on the Coast of Africa, from the River Senegal to that of Benin, Comprehending the Gum, Grain, Ivory & Slave Coasts, 1781, © Stanford University.

12/11/2024
John Brown on this day in 1859, was executed by the state of Virginia.162 years later, his legacy still continues to be ...
12/02/2024

John Brown on this day in 1859, was executed by the state of Virginia.

162 years later, his legacy still continues to be present in matters of racial equality, human rights, and civil rights.

"The true question is, did John Brown draw his sword against slavery and thereby lose his life in vain? And to this, I answer ten thousand times, No! No man fails, or can fail, who so grandly gives himself and all he has to a righteous cause."

- Frederick Douglass

"...He done more in dying, than 100 men would in living."

- Harriet Tubman

"The saint, whose fate yet hangs in suspense, but whose martyrdom, if it shall be perfected, will make the gallows as glorious as the Cross."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

October 16th -18th 1859 twenty two men would enact a bold plan to disrupt the system of slavery in America. This plan ha...
10/18/2024

October 16th -18th 1859 twenty two men would enact a bold plan to disrupt the system of slavery in America. This plan had come to include seizing and controlling the armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry in Virginia (Now West Virgina) as a starting off point for this campaign.

John Brown envisioned that after capturing the town the men and new recruits would make for the mountainous region surrounding the town and use the underground railroad routes to send those who did not wish to fight northward.

This long and sustained attack on slavery as a system was to destabilize it. Not simply to have a slave insurrection but to make the slaveholders property insecure plantation by plantation county by county. Retreating into the natural defenses of the mountains and continuing to funnel those wishing freedom northward while mounting more attacks to the south.

Of these twenty two men...

10 would be killed during or a result of the raid (Jeremiah Anderson, Oliver Brown, Watson Brown, John Henry Kagi, Lewis Leary, William Leeman, Dangerfield Newby, Stewart Taylor Adolphus Thompson and William Thompson)

7 were tried and executed (John Brown, John Cook, John Copeland, Edwin Coppock, Shields Green, William Hazlet and Aaron Stevens)

5 escaped (Osborne Anderson, Owen Brown, Barclay Coppock, Francis Merriam and Charles Tidd)

While failing to begin this south wide campaign of liberating slaves their actions at Harpers Ferry would speed up the process of the southern states leaving the union in the name of expanding slavery. Eventually leading to the Civil War or "One big John Brown raid on the south."

Their souls go marching on.

10/17/2024

These are the faces of then men who joined John Brown on his infamous attack on Harpers Ferry.

October 16th 1859 twenty two men would enact a bold plan to disrupt the system of slavery in America.

Of these twenty two men...
10 would be killed during or a result of the raid (Jeremiah Anderson, Oliver Brown, Watson Brown, John Henry Kagi, Lewis Leary, William Leeman, Dangerfield Newby, Stewart Taylor Adolphus Thompson and William Thompson)

7 were tried and executed (John Brown, John Cook, John Copeland, Edwin Coppock, Shields Green, William Hazlet and Aaron Stevens)

5 escaped (Osborne Anderson, Owen Brown, Barclay Coppock, Francis Merriam and Charles Tidd)

Their souls go marching on. 🪦

10/15/2024

"In the chapter's muddle of historical documentation, hearsay, and grandiose mythos, I found a portrait of a man, the only image in the chapter. An understanding of why my grandma had wanted me to connect with this story unfurled. This portrait was of Dangerfield Newby, who my grandmother spoke of fondly and often. In his face, i saw a reflection of myself. I saw an ancestor, but more than that, I saw an ancestor that looked like me.
This is a privilege not often afforded to biracial children." - Brianna Wheeler, Altogether Different: A Memoir about Identity, Inheritance, and the Raid That Started the Civil War.
Join us tomorrow, October 13th at our event: Voices from Harpers Ferry: Generations of Perspective on John Brown's Raid, to hear Brianna give a short reading and discussion on her memoir Altogether Different. Spaces are filling up so go online to https://www.harpersferryhistory.org/voices-harpers-ferry or email [email protected] to check out the schedule and reserve your spot!

📸: Portrait of Dangerfield Newby, Photo provided by Brianna Wheeler

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10/02/2024

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09/01/2024

Harriet Tubman was born a slave on Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1822. Known for her work helping other slaves escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad, she died an American icon in 1913.

HARRIET, starring Cynthia Erivo in the title role, was written and directed by Kasi Lemmons and was released in theaters in 2019. Nominated for two Academy Awards – Lead Actress and Original Song 'Stand Up' written and performed by Erivo - the biopic was a critical and box office success and celebrated the life, courage, ingenuity, and tenacity of one of our region's most notable historical figures.

To hear more about both Harriet and HARRIET and other tales from the award winning STARDUST BY THE BUSHEL: HOLLYWOOD ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY’S EASTERN SHORE please join us tomorrow evening on Thursday, August 29th at the Dorchester County Historical Society (1003 Greenway Drive) for an engaging author’s presentation that begins at 7 p.m.

Hope to see you there!

John Brown Was Right with Quotes Hoodie now available! Featuring the abolitionist flag and 3 quotes from John Brown!www....
07/31/2024

John Brown Was Right with Quotes Hoodie now available! Featuring the abolitionist flag and 3 quotes from John Brown!

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