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Student Exhibits
- Rebellions Abroad! — by Travis Heeren
- A Glossary of Black Women in Rebellion — by Kaylor MacLaughlin
- Rumored — by Serena Morgan
- Fragmented Individual Acts of Rebellion — by Twila Neiwert
- John Brown, Harpers Ferry, and the Media — by Bessie Rudd
- Louisiana: Rumors and Insurrections — by Stephanie Smith
- Revolutionaries & Art in Black Cuban Uprisings — by Jiesha Stephens
- Mapping Rumored Rebellions in the South — by Jalen Thompson
- Black Asylum and Sovereignty — by Adam Vernon
- Days in a Demi-Decade: Miscellaneous Rebellions in 19th Century African American Newspapers (1856-1860) — by Hannah Zeller
- Summarily Punished
John Brown and the Raid on the Harpers Ferry Armory
John Brown was the mastermind behind the raid on the Harpers Ferry Armory on October 16-18, 1859. He was an abolitionist who had taken part in the Bleeding Kansas crisis between the pro-slavery "Border Ruffians" and anti-slvery "Free-staters" in mid-1856. He led a company of men against the white slaveholders not being satisfied with the passive method favored by a number of abolitionists. Brown's participation in these battles and leadership in these battles earned him the nicknames of "Osawatomie Brown" and "Captain Brown". While Brown was initially successful in his taking over the armory with his small band of supprters, Brown was injured and ultimately arrested. He was tried for treason, conspiracy against the State of Virginia, and murder. He was executed by hanging on December 2, 1859.