Tag: Abolition

• Abolitionist John Brown Guides a Small Group on an Assault Against a Federal Armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in an Endeavor to Begin an Armed Insurrection of Enslaved Black People and Overthrow the Practice of Slavery. October 16, 1859.

  Title: The Harper’s Ferry insurrection–The U.S. Marines storming the engine house–Insurgents firing through holes in the doors / from a sketch made on the spot by our special artist. (Public Domain) On this day in history, October 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown guides a small group on an assault against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry,…

  October 16, 2023

  1800s, Abolition, American History, Assault on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, event & history, History Daily, John Brown

  Abolition, American History, Assault on Harpers Ferry, event & history, History Daily, John Brown

• History Daily: September 3

  CORONATION OF KING RICHARD THE LIONHEART Image: Richard I, King of England. (Wikimedia Commons.) SEPTEMBER 3, 1189 – King Richard the Lionheart is crowned in Westminster. 30 Jews are massacred after the coronation – Richard ordered the perpetrators to be executed. FRENCH CONSTITUTION PASSED Image: Georges Danton (Wikimedia Commons.) SEPTEMBER 3, 1791 –  French Revolution:…

  September 3, 2023

  1100s, 1700s, 1800s, Abolition, Crusades, Frederick Douglass, French Revolution, Georges Danton, History Daily, King Richard the Lionheart, orges Danton

  1100s, 1700s, 1800s, Abolition, Crusades, event & history, Frederick Douglass, French Revolution, Georges Danton, History Daily, King Richard the Lionheart