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Lewis Sheridan Leary (March 17, 1835 – October 20, 1859) was an African-American harnessmaker from Oberlin, Ohio, who joined John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, where he was killed.
29. März 2011 · Lewis Leary was one of several Black men who were killed during John Brown’s raid on the Harpers Ferry arsenal in October 1859. It was a defining moment in African American history.
In 1858, Leary participated in the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue, when fugitive slave John Price was forcibly taken from the custody of a U.S. Marshal to prevent his return to slavery in the South. Leary was not among the 37 men (12 free blacks) indicted and jailed for their actions.
Leary, Lewis Sheridan. Leary was one of three black residents of Oberlin, Ohio who died because of their participation in John Brown's 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry. Albert Hazlett, one of John Brown's white raiders, was captured in Carlisle shortly after the failed assault on the federal arsenal.
1859. First and only child is born; meets John Brown and agrees to help him raid Harpers Ferry Arsenal; killed at Harpers Ferry. Leary was one Brown's first recruits who committed directly to the raid at Harpers Ferry. Copeland and he departed for Virginia on September 1859, to fight to free slaves.
13. Okt. 2019 · October 13, 2019 at 7:00 a.m. EDT. Five African American men joined John Brown (bottom center) on the 1859 Harpers Ferry raid. Clockwise from bottom left: John Anthony Copeland, Lewis Sheridan...
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