Shields Green
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United StatesLived 1836 to 1859 · aged 23Fame48.7
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Shields Green, who also referred to himself as "Emperor", was, according to Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave from Charleston, South Carolina, and a leader in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, in October 1859.
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In a stone quarry near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: Shields Green, with dark skin, is at center, Frederick Douglass on the left and John Brown on the right. Watercolor by Richard Schlecht.
Shields Green, John Copeland, and Albert Hazlett in their cell in the Jefferson County jail
Death sentence of Shields Green, November 10, 1859
John Anthony Copeland Jr. and Shields Green, being taken in a wagon from the jail to the gallows.
Monument honoring Copeland, Green, and Leary in Oberlin, Ohio.
Plaque showing original inscriptionAbout this person
Shields Green, who also referred to himself as "Emperor", was, according to Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave from Charleston, South Carolina, and a leader in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, in October 1859. He had lived for almost two years in the house of Douglass, in Rochester, New York, and Douglass introduced him there to Brown.
Country
United StatesStatus
deceased
Dates
Lived 1836 to 1859 · aged 23
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5 languages
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