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| Title | John Brown |
| Description | Born in Connecticut, John Brown (1801-1859) settled in Hudson Township around 1805 and lived on and off in the area for a number of years. He was primarily engaged in farming and tanning, establishing a tannery in Richfield (1842) and a sheep farm with Colonel Simon Perkins (1844). The firm of Perkins and Brown became one of the best-known providers of fine wool in the country. During this partnership, John Brown lived in Akron and his home is maintained by the Summit County Historical Society. John Brown retried from business and moved to North Elba, New York in 1849. After a few years he came out of retirement to lead antislavery guerillas in the fight for freedom in the Kansas Territory. On October 16, 1859, Brown and a small army of sixteen white and five black men raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Their objective of arming local slaves was thwarted by local farmers, militiamen and troops led by Robert E. Lee. Most of Brown's men were killed or captured within 36 hours. Brown was seriously wounded in the raid and was later convicted of treason and hanged.
This image appeared on page 584 of Samuel Lane's Fifty Years and over of Akron and Summit County. |
| Subject | Hudson
Slavery
Richfield
Civil War
Akron
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| Names | Brown, John
Perkins, Simon, Jr., Colonel
Lee, Robert E.
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| Publisher | Beacon Job Department |
| Contributor | Akron-Summit County Public Library
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| Type | Image
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| About the collection | http://www.akronlibrary.org/internetresources/sc/finding/LanePhotographs.pdf |
| Rights | The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material. This material from the picture file is protected by the copyright law. The library makes this picture available for the personal use of the borrower to be used for private study, scholarship or research. Reproduction, alteration or derivative use of this visual image for the purposes other than those listed above without the express written permission of the copyright holder may constitute an infringement of copyright law. |
| Additional Information | http://www.summithistory.org/pages/facilities.html; http://www.akronhistory.org/lane_john_brown.htm; http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1550.html;http://encore.akronlibrary.org/iii/encore/search/C%7CSFifty%2Byears%2Band%2Bover%2Bof%2BAkron%2Band%2BSummit%2BCounty%2BLane%7COrightresult%7CU1?lang=eng&suite=def |
| Format | 5.1 in. x 7.1 in. |
| Source | SL_John_Brown.jpg |
| Relation | Samuel Lane Collection
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