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Hungry for History: One Bright Hope, Dangerfield Newby and John Brown's Raid

  • Cockayne Farmstead 1111 Wheeling Avenue Glen Dale, WV, 26038 United States (map)

Presented by Jon-Erik Gilot

This talk will explore Dangerfield Newby’s ties to the Upper Ohio Valley, and what led him to join John Brown’s army. Newby’s death at Harpers Ferry would be among the first of more than 600,000 lives lost in the fight over slavery during the American Civil War.

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