Exactly five months after John Brown launched his raid on Harpers Ferry, Albert Hazlett and Aaron Dwight Stevens were executed in Charlestown, Virginia, for their role in that event. (By Don Sailer)
Source Citation
David S. Reynolds, John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights (New York: Vintage Books, 2005), 459.
Record Data
Type
Lawmaking/Litigating
People
Full name
Aaron Dwight Stevens
Documents
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Date |
Title |
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03/14/1860 |
Carlisle (PA) Herald, "Hazlett and Stevens,” March 14, 1860 |
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03/14/1860 |
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “George Sennot’s Speech,” March 14, 1860 |
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03/15/1860 |
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “The Harper’s Ferry Insurgents,” March 15, 1860 |
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03/17/1860 |
New York Times, “The Last of the Harper’s Ferry Slaughter,” March 17, 1860 |
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03/22/1860 |
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “Execution of Hazlett and Stephens,” March 22, 1860 |