1914–1965
Biography · Civil Rights
Dangerfield Newby
1820–1859
United States
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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.
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