John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry: A Brief History with Documents by Jonathan Earle

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

Jonathan Earle

208 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
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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 Harpers Ferry, Virginia, failed to inspire a slave r...

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