Photo Record
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Metadata
Title |
Heyward Shepherd |
Catalog Number |
39-234 thl |
Accession number |
39-234 thl |
Collection |
Handley Library Collection |
Object Name |
Photocopy |
Description |
Heyward Shepherd (name also given as Shephard Hayward), black baggage worker who was the first victim of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. Photocopy of an illustration. Slide also available in THL slide collection. Taken from Thunder at Harper's Ferry, by Allen Keller (published 1958), 973.68 K28 Rare. Date uncertain. |
Photographer |
n/a (artist unknown) |
Date |
c. 1900-1950 |
Year Range from |
1900 |
Year Range to |
1950 |
People |
Shepherd, Heyward Heyward, Shephard |
Search Terms |
men African-Americans employees railroads Harper's Ferry US history Civil War, causes of Virginia history West Virginia history |