People

Meet the women and men who made history in Harpers Ferry.

Began the war that ended slavery
John Brown

Did Brown begin the war the ended slavery as Frederick Douglass claimed?
“Child of Storer”
Coralie Franklin Cook

Coralie Franklin Cook was a descendant of people enslaved by Thomas Jefferson. She was a teacher and an activist
Thomas Jefferson
Frederick Douglass
Smuggler for the Union
Catherine Moore

Newspaper image showing Catherine Moore in 1909
I am in love with my work
Sara Jane Foster

Teacher of the Freedpeople
W. E. B. Du Bois
Don Redman
Robert Harper
Meriwether Lewis
George Washington

Last updated: May 30, 2023

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
National Park Service
PO Box 65
Harpers Ferry, WV 25425

304 535-6029

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