John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry A Brief History with Documents

Name: John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry A Brief History with Documents
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ISBN: 9780312392802

ISBN-10: 031239280X

ISBN-13: 9780312392802

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jonathan Earle

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Despised and admired during his life and after his execution, the abolitionist John Brown polarized the nation and remains one of the most controversial figures in U.S. history. His 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, failed to inspire a slave revolt and establish a free Appalachian state but became a crucial turning point in the fight against slavery and a catalyst for the violence that ignited the Civil War. Jonathan Earle's volume presents Brown as neither villain nor martyr, but rather as a man whose deeply held abolitionist beliefs gradually evolved to a point where he saw violence as inevitable. Earle's introduction and his collection of documents demonstrate the evolution of…

Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 1/4/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.45" wide x 8.20" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Table of Contents


Foreword


Preface


List of Maps and Illustrations



Introduction: Abolitionist, Warrior, Martyr, Prophet


Brownï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s Early Lif