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A small chip of wood identified as a piece of the gallows from which famed abolitionist, John Brown (1800-1859), was hanged for his raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia on October 16, 1859. The inscription on the attached label reads, "A piece of the scaffold upon which John Brown was hung at…

A small chip of wood identified as a piece of the gallows from which famed abolitionist, John Brown (1800-1859), was hanged for his raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia on October 16, 1859. The inscription on the attached label reads, "A piece of the scaffold upon which John Brown was hung at…

Fragment, Wood

Description

A small chip of wood identified as a piece of the gallows from which famed abolitionist, John Brown (1800-1859), was hanged for his raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia on October 16, 1859. The inscription on the attached label reads, "A piece of the scaffold upon which John Brown was hung at Charlestown, Va. 2 December 1859."

Creator

Date

circa 1859

Materials

Wood

Object ID

NN.1553

Resource ID

11844

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.