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John Brown Pike

Object Details

Description
This pike was among 950 pikes that John Brown acquired to arm slaves incited to rebel by his raid on Harpers Ferry. The raid grew out of an earlier plan he devised in the mid-1840s.
Location
Currently on loan
Data Source
National Museum of American History
maker
Blair, Charles
date made
ca 1858
Credit Line
Robert Hinckley
Measurements
overall: 81 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 206.375 cm x 11.43 cm x 3.175 cm
overall: 80 5/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 204.7875 cm x 12.065 cm
Object Name
pike
Other Terms
Edged Weapons; Army

Featured In

  • Civil War 150:Fissures in a Nation
John Brown Pike
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