[Gutenberg 2050] • Old John Brown, the man whose soul is marching on
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- Authors
- Hawkins, Walter
- Tags
- john , 1800-1859 , history , brown , biography , abolitionists -- united states -- biography
- Date
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.06 MB
- Lang
- en
The name John Brown will always be linked with the time just preceding the Civil War. This biography tells the story of a white man who advocated and practiced insurrection in his effort to abolish slavery. His attempt to start a liberation movement among enslaved blacks at Harper's Ferry stunned the nation. Afterward he was tried for treason and hanged. The raid at Harper's Ferry escalated tensions and a year later the Civil War began.