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Dangerfield F. Newby (c. 1820 – October 17, 1859), was the oldest of John Brown's raiders, and one of the five black raiders. He died during Brown's raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia .
Dangerfield Newby (ca. 1820–1859), a free mulatto for whose family this crossroads is named, was the first of John Brown’s raiders killed during the attack on Harpers Ferry on October 16, 1859. He was the oldest child of Henry Newby and a slave, Elsey.
Feb 20, 2023 · BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) Dangerfield Newby grew up enslaved, married an enslaved woman and they had seven children. He moved to Bridgeport, Ohio, because Ohio was a “free state,” and he hoped to raise the money to buy his wife and children and move them to Ohio also.
Apr 21, 2021 · Four fourth grade students at Kings Glen Elementary School, in Springfield, Va., nominated Dangerfield and Harriet Newby for this honor, as part of the 2021 Black History Month K-12 Historical Marker Contest.
Sep 11, 2023 · While history often remembers John Brown’s assault on the Federal Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, as a catalyst for the Civil War, it tends to overshadow the stories of the five Black Americans who joined him, including a man named Dangerfield Newby.
Mar 15, 2011 · A former slave, Dangerfield Newby was one of several participants in John Brown’s raid on the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia in October 1859. Newby was the son of his white slave master, Henry Newby, a Scots immigrant, and his slave, Ailsey/ Elsie Pollard.
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Oct 13, 2019 · Among them, none may have a more tragic and poignant story than Dangerfield Newby, who joined the raid to secure freedom for, and be reunited with, his enslaved wife and their children.
