Life span: 01/01/1808 to 07/22/1892TabsLife SummaryFull name: Hugh ForbesPlace of Birth: EnglandBirth Date Certainty: EstimatedDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteOrigins: Free StateNo. of Spouses: 2No. of Children: 2Education: OtherOther Education: St. Mary Hall, Oxford University (UK)Occupation: MilitaryRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderMilitary: Foreign military Events Documents Subject Docs Date Title 10/28/1859 Baltimore (MD) Sun, "More Harper's Ferry Disclosures," October 28, 1859 11/02/1859 Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "They Have Overdone It!," November 2, 1859 11/11/1859 Boston (MA) Liberator, "Bad News for the Abolitionists," November 11, 1859 12/08/1859 Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "Gov. Seward and Harpers Ferry," December 8, 1859 01/24/1860 Boston (MA) Herald, “Telegraph to the Herald,” January 24, 1860 02/25/1860 New York Herald, “The Senate and Messrs Hyatt and Howe,” February 25, 1860 08/18/1860 New York Times, "Gov. Seward and John Brown," August 18, 1860 Bibliography