Life span: 01/01/1825 to 10/17/1859TabsLife SummaryFull name: Heyward ShepherdBirth Date Certainty: EstimatedDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: Black Events Date span begin Life span End Event 10/16/1859 10/16/1859 John Brown attacks Harpers Ferry 10/17/1859 10/17/1859 John Brown's attack on Harpers Ferry continues with the townspeople fighting back 10/18/1859 10/18/1859 John Brown's attack on Harpers Ferry ends when Marines storm the Engine House 10/19/1859 10/19/1859 John Brown and his surviving raiders are taken to Charlestown, Virginia under heavy guard 10/20/1859 10/24/1859 John Brown and his fellow prisoners are held at Charlestown, Virginia pending trial 10/26/1859 10/26/1859 John Brown and his fellow prisoners are held at Charlestown pending trial before a Virginia court Major TopicsHarpers Ferry Raid Documents Bibliography Chicago Style Entry Link Johnson, Mary. "An ‘Ever Present Bone of Contention’: The Heyward Shepherd Memorial." West Virginia History 56 (1997): 1-26. View Record Janney, Caroline E. "Written in Stone: Gender, Race, and the Heyward Shepherd Memorial." Civil War History 52, no. 2 (June 2006): 117-141. View Record Shackel, Paul A. "Heyward Shepherd: The Faithful Slave Memorial." Historical Archaeology 37, no. 3 (2003): 138-148. View Record
