JOHN BROWN ANTI SLAVERY FIERY HERO MARTYR MILITANT ABOLITIONIST MAINE CDV PHOTO

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JOHN BROWN ANTI SLAVERY FIERY HERO MARTYR MILITANT ABOLITIONIST MAINE CDV PHOTO:
$250.00

CARTEDE VISITE (CDV) OF JOHN BROWN, whose life and death electrified and polarizedsentiments about slavery.

BACKMARK. \"PUBLISHED BY S.H. COLESWORTHY, 92 Exchange Street, PORTLAND, ME.\"SIZE. Approximately 4 x 2 1/2 inches. CONDITION. Photo: Light foxing at upper left. Some soiling. A few tiny spots. Mount: Clipped corners. Front has a tiny scuff mark at top, in center, as well as a few insignificant spots. Back has spots and some soiling. APPEARANCE. Very good tones. Very good lighting. Very good contrast. \"John Brown (1800 - 1859), militant American abolitionist whose raid on the federal arsenal at Harper\'s Ferry, Va. (now in West Virginia), in 1859 made him a martyr to the antislavery cause and was instrumental in heightening sectional animosities that led to the American Civil War.... In the summer of 1859, with an armed band of 16 whites and 5 blacks, Brown set up a headquarters in a rented farmhouse in Maryland, across the Potomac from Harper\'s Ferry, the site of a federal armoury. On the night of October 16, he quickly took the armoury and rounded up some 60 leading men of the area as hostages. Brown took this desperate action in the hope that escaped slaves would join his rebellion, forming an “army of emancipation” with which to liberate their fellow slaves. Throughout the next day and night he and his men held out against the local militia, but on the following morning he surrendered to a small force of U.S. Marines who had broken in and overpowered him. Brown himself was wounded, and 10 of his followers (including two sons) were killed. He was tried for murder, slave insurrection, and treason against the state and was convicted and hanged.\" (source: Encyclopaedia Britannica)

On Apr-05-16 at 19:08:13 PDT, seller added the following information:

PHOTOGRAPH OF A PHOTOGRAPH? This is the most common pose you\'ll see of John Brown in carte de visite (CDV) format. Someone asked if this is a photograph of a photograph. The carte de visite format was patented by Disderi in France in 1854 but didn\'t become popular until half a dozen years later. In fact, the first CDVs in the United States were produced in 1859. John Brown died in 1859. So yes, this is an early 1860s photograph of an earlier photograph.