Title: Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers Description: The small town situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, shown shortly before John Brown and a small band of fanatical abolitionists seized the arsenal (shown at the far end of the railroad bridge), on October 16, 1859, in an abortive attempt to incite a slave uprising and encourage widespread massacring of whites; abolitionism; arsenals; Location: Harpers Ferry, Virginia; October 1859 Keywords: insurrections, revolutions, slaves, uprisings Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2297 x 1566 (3.60 MPixels) (1.47) Print Size: 19.4 x 13.3 cm; 7.7 x 5.2 inches File Size: 10.30 MB (10,804,060 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000095580 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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