COVER PHOTO: The Heyward Shepherd Memorial in Harpers Ferry, erected in 1931, pays tribute to a free black man killed in John Brown's raid. The memorial's sponsors originally identified Shepherd as a slave and intended to honor "faithful slaves," touching off a storm of controversy. [Boyd B. Stutler Collection, West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV]
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