1. Redpath,
Public Life of Captain John Brown, p. 25.
2. Autobiography of Owen Brown in Sanborn,
Life and Letters of John Brown, p. 7.
1. The quotations in this chapter are from John Brown’s Autobiography, Sanborn,
Life and Letters of John Brown, pp. 12–17.
1.
John Brown’s Autobiography, Sanborn, p. 16.
2. Heman Hallock, in the New York
Journal of Commerce, quoted in Sanborn, p. 32.
3. John Brown’s Autobiography, Sanborn, p. 16.
5. John Brown, Jr., in Sanborn, p. 34.
6. Ruth Brown in Sanborn, pp. 37–39.
7. John Brown, Jr., in Sanborn, pp. 91–93.
8. Ruth Brown in Sanborn, pp. 93–94.
10. Ruth Brown in Sanborn, p. 44.
11. Letter to John Brown, Jr., 1841, in Sanborn, p. 139.
12. Letter to his wife, 1844, in Sanborn, p. 61.
13. Ruth Brown in Sanborn, pp. 38–39.
14. Letter to his wife, 1839, in Sanborn, p.69.
15. Letter to his wife, 1851, in Sanborn, p.146.
16. Letter to his wife, 1846, in Sanborn, p.142
17. Letter to his daughter, 1847, in Sanborn, p.142.
18. Letter to his wife, 1844, in Sanborn, pp. 60–61.
19. Letter to his father, 1846, in Sanborn, pp. 21, 22.
20. Letter to his daughter, 1852, in Sanborn, p. 45
21. Letter to John Brown, Jr., 1852, and to his children, 1853, in Sanborn, pp. 151 and 155.
1. Letter to his wife, 1839, in Sanborn, p. 68.
3. Records of Oberlin College, quoted in Sanborn, pp. 134–135.
4. Levi Burnell to Owen Brown, 1840, in Sanborn, p. 135.
5. Letter to his family, 1840, in Sanborn, p. 134.
6. MS. Diary, Boston Public Library. Vol. I, p. 65.
7. Records of the Board of Trustees, Oberlin College, Aug. 28, 1840, quoted in Sanborn, p. 135.
8. John Brown, Jr., in Sanborn, p. 87.
9. Agreement quoted in Sanborn, pp. 55–56.
10. Letter to George Kellogg, 1844, in Sanborn, p. 56.
11. Letter to John Brown, Jr., 1843, in Sanborn, p. 58.
15. Letter to John Brown, Jr., 1844, in Sanborn, pp. 59–60.
17. Ruth Brown in Sanborn, p. 95.
18. Letter to John Brown, Jr., 1846, in Sanborn, p. 62.
19. Circular issued in 1846, quoted in Sanborn, p. 63.
20. Letter to Owen Brown, 1846, in Sanborn, p. 22.
21. Letter to John Brown, Jr., 1847, in Sanborn, p. 143.
22. E. C. Leonard in Sanborn, p. 65.
23. Letter to Owen Brown, 1847, in Sanborn, pp. 23–24.
24. Letter to Owen Brown, 1849, in Sanborn, p. 25.
25. Letter to Owen Brown, 1849, in Sanborn, p. 25.
26. Memoranda by John Brown, in Sanborn, p. 65; Redpath, p. 56.
28. Letter to John Brown, Jr., 1849, Sanborn, p. 73.
29. E. C. Leonard, in Sanborn, pp. 67–68.
30. Letter to his wife, 1850, in Sanborn, p. 107.
31. Letter to his children, 1850, in Sanborn, pp. 75–76.
33. Letter to his son, in Sanborn, p. 145.
34. Letter to his children, 1854, in Sanborn, p. 155.
35. R. H. Dana, in the
Atlantic Monthly, 1871.
1. Owen Brown, in Sanborn, pp. 10–11.
2. John Brown, Jr., in Sanborn, p. 35.
4. Letter to his brother Frederick, 1834, in Sanborn, pp. 40–41.
5. Ruth Brown, in Sanborn, p. 37.
6. John Brown, Jr., in Sanborn, pp. 52–53.
10. From “Sambo’s Mistakes,” published in the
Ram’s Horn, and printed in Sanborn, p. 130.
11. Douglass,
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1892), Chap. 8, Part II, pp. 337–342.
14. Ruth Brown, in Sanborn, p. 100.
16. Letter to his wife, 1850, in Sanborn, pp. 106–107.
17. Letter of instructions, agreement and resolutions, as given in Sanborn, pp. 124–127.
18. Letter of instructions, agreement and resolutions, as given in Sanborn, pp. 124–127.
19. Letter of instructions, agreement and resolutions, as given in Sanborn, pp. 124–127.
21. Ruth Brown, in Sanborn, pp. 131–132.
22. Letter to his wife, 1852, in Sanborn, pp. 108–109.
23. Ruth Brown, in Sanborn, p. 104.
24. Letters to his children, 1852–1853, in Sanborn, pp. 110, 148.
1. Compare the
American Anthropologist, Vol. 4, No. 2, April–June, 1902.
2. Letter to John Brown, Jr., 1854, in Sanborn, p. 191.
3. John Brown, Jr., in Sanborn, pp. 188–190.
4. Letter to his children, 1854, in Sanborn, pp. 110–111.
6. Letter to his wife, 1855, in Sanborn, pp. 193–194.
7. John Brown, Jr., in Sanborn, pp. 190–191.
8. Ruth Thompson, in Sanborn, p. 105.
9. Farewell address of Governor Geary,
Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, Vol. IV, p. 739.
1.
Letters to his family, 1855, in Sanborn, pp. 201 and 205.
3. Letter to his family, 1855, in Sanborn, pp. 217–221.
4. Letter to his wife, 1855, in Sanborn, pp. 217–221.
5. G. W. Brown,
Reminiscences of Old John Brown, p. 8; Phillips,
History of Kansas, quoted in Redpath, p. 90.
6. Letter to his family, 1855, in Sanborn, pp. 217–221.
7. Letter to his family, 1856, in Sanborn, p. 223.
8. Letter of Giddings to John Brown, 1856, in Sanborn, p. 224.
9. D. W. Wilder, in the
Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, Vol. 6, p. 337.
10. E. A. Coleman, in Sanborn, p. 260.
11. James Hanway, in Hinton,
John Brown and His Men, p. 695.
12. Bondi in
Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, Vol. 8, p. 279; Spring,
Kansas, p. 143.
13. Jason Brown, in Sanborn, p. 273.
14. E. A. Coleman, in Sanborn, p. 259.
15. John Brown, Jr., in Sanborn, p. 278.
16. Letter to his family, 1856, in Sanborn, pp. 236–241.
17. Sanborn, pp. 287–288.
18. Sanborn, pp. 288–290.
19. Redpath, pp. 112–114.
20. Bondi in the
Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, Vol. 8, pp. 282–284.
21. Bondi in the
Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, Vol. 8, p. 285.
23. Bondi in the
Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, Vol. 8, p. 286; John Brown to his family, 1856, in Sanborn, pp. 236–241.
24. W. A. Phillips, in Sanborn, pp. 306–308.
26. Samuel Walker in
Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, Vol. 6, p. 267.
27. Appeal to the citizens of Lafayette County, Mo., Sanborn, p. 309.
28. Samuel Walker in
Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, Vol. 6, pp. 272–273.
29. Quoted in Sanborn, p. 321.
30. John Brown to his family, 1856, Sanborn, pp. 317–318.
31. Charles Robinson to John Brown, 1856, in Sanborn, pp. 330–331.
32. Speech of John Brown, Redpath, pp. 163–164.
33. Redpath, pp. 164–165.
34. Paper by John Brown, Sanborn, pp. 332–333.
35. Executive minutes of Governor Geary in
Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, Vol. 4, p. 537.
36. Letter to Augustus Wattles, 1857, in Sanborn, p. 391.
37. Correspondence of Lane and Brown, in Sanborn, pp. 401–402.
38. Letter to F. B. Sanborn and others, 1858, in Sanborn, pp. 474–477.
40. Hinton in Redpath, pp. 199–206.
41. George B. Gill in Hinton, p. 218.
42. Sanborn, pp. 481–483.
43. Hamilton,
John Brown in Canada, pp. 4–5.
3. Hinton in Redpath, pp. 203–205.
4. Reminiscences of George B. Gill, Hinton, pp. 732–733.
6. Notes by John Brown, in Sanborn, p. 244.
7. Paper by John Brown, in Sanborn, pp. 241–242.
8. Letter from Gerrit Smith to John Brown, in Sanborn, p. 364.
9. Jeremiah Brown in Redpath, pp. 174–175.
10. Reminiscences of Mrs. Mary E. Stearns, in Hinton, pp. 719–727.
11. Sanborn,
John Brawn and his Friends, p. 8.
12. Letter of H. B. Hurd to John Brown, 1857, in Sanborn, p. 367.
13. Sanborn, pp. 375–376.
14. Speech of John Brown, Sanborn, p. 379.
15. Letter to Eli Thayer, 1857, in Sanborn, p. 382.
16. Reminiscences of Dr. Wayland, Sanborn, p. 381.
17.
Reports of Senate Committees, 36th Congress, 1st Session, No. 278, Testimony of Richard Realf, p. 96.
19. Letter to Augustus Wattles, 1857, in Sanborn, p. 393.
20. Confession of John E. Cook in Hinton, pp. 700–701.
21. Richman,
John Brown Among the Quakers, pp. 20–21.
24. Douglass,
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, pp. 385–386.
25. Letter to Theodore Parker, 1858, in Sanborn, pp. 434–435.
26. Letter to Higginson, 1858, in Sanborn, p. 436.
27. Sanborn, pp. 438–440.
28. Letter to John Brown, Jr., 1858, in Sanborn, pp. 450–451.
29. Letter to his family, 1858, in Sanborn, pp. 440–441.
30. Letter to F. B. Sanborn, 1858, in Sanborn, pp. 444–445.
1. Hickok, The
Negro in Ohio, p. 42.
2. Hickok, The
Negro in Ohio, p. 44.
3. Williams,
Negro Race in America, Vol. 2, pp. 65–67.
4. Occasional Papers of the American Negro Academy, No. 9, p. 10.
5. Occasional Papers of the American Negro Academy, No. 9, p. 15.
7. Douglass,
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1892), p. 345.
8. Occasional Papers of the American Negro Academy, No. 9, pp. 16–19.
9. Occasional Papers of the American Negro Academy, No. 9, pp. 20–21.
10. Manuscript Diary of John Brown, Boston Public Library, Vol. 2, p. 35.
11. Letter to John Brown, Jr., 1858, in Sanborn, p. 452.
12. Bradford,
Harriet, the Moses of Her People, pp. 118–119.
13. Letter of Wendell Phillips, printed in Bradford,
Harriet, the Moses of Her People, pp. 155–156.
14. Hamilton.
John Brown in Canada, p. 10.
15. Anderson,
A Voice from Harper’s Ferry, p. 9.
16. Rollins,
Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delaney, pp. 85–90.
17. Reminiscences of J. M. Jones, in Hamilton,
John Brown in Canada, pp. 14–15.
19. Reminiscences of J. M. Jones, in Hamilton,
John Brown in Canada, pp. 14 and 16.
20. Rollins,
Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delaney, pp. 85–90.
21. Reminiscences of George B. Gill, in Hinton, p. 185.
22. Reminiscences of J. M. Jones, in Hamilton,
John Brown in Canada, p. 16.
25. Provisional Constitution, Art. 42.
26. Letter to his family, 1858, in Sanborn, pp. 455–456.
27. Letter from Sanborn to Higginson, 1858, in Sanborn, p. 458.
28. Letter from Higginson to Theodore Parker, in Sanborn, p. 459.
29. Letter from Forbes to Higginson, 1858, in Sanborn, pp. 460 to 461.
30. Sanborn, pp. 463–464.
31. Letter to Owen Brown, 1858, in Richman,
John Brown Among the Quakers, pp. 40–41.
1. Jefferson,
Notes on Virginia.
3. Reports of Senate Committees, 36th Congress, 1st Session, No. 278; Testimony of Richard Realf, p. 100.
6. W. P. Garrison in the
Andover Review, Dec., 1890, and Jan., 1891.
7. General Orders, Oct. 10, 1859, Hinton, pp. 646–647.
8. Douglass,
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, p. 387.
9. Hunter,
John Brown’s Raid, republished in the Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. I, No. 3, p. 188.
10. Report: Reports of Senate Committees, 36th Congress, 1st Session, No. 278; Testimony of Ralph Plumb, p. 181.
11. Barry,
The Strange Story of Harper’s Ferry, p. 93.
12. Anne Brown in Hinton, pp. 529–530.
14. Anderson,
A Voice from Harper’s Ferry, p. 15.
16. Sanborn in the
Atlantic Monthly, Hinton, p. 570.
17. Anne Brown in Hinton, p. 450.
18. From the newspaper report of the speech at Cleveland, March 22nd, Redpath, p. 239–240.
19. Diary of A. Bronson
Alcott, Sanborn, pp. 504–505.
20. Report: Reports of Senate Committees, 36th Congress, 1st Session, No. 278; Testimony of John C. Unseld, pp. 1–2.
21. Anderson,
A Voice from Harper’s Ferry, p. 19.
22. Douglass,
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, pp. 388–391.
23. Anderson,
A Voice from Harper’s Ferry, pp. 23–25.
24. Anne Brown in Sanborn, p. 531.
25. Anne Brown in Hinton, p. 265.
26. Report: Reports of Senate Committees, 36th Congress, 1st Session, No. 278; Testimony of John B. Floyd, pp. 250–252.
27. Letter to Kagi, 1859, in Hinton, pp. 257–258.
28. Anne Brown in Hinton, p. 260.
29. Letter of Owen to John Brown, 1850, in Hinton, p. 259.
30. John Brown, Jr., to Kagi, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 547–548.
31. Anderson,
A Voice from Harper’s Ferry, p. 26.
32. Anderson,
A Voice from Harper’s Ferry, p. 27.
34. Anderson,
A Voice from Harper’s Ferry, p. 29.
1. Anderson,
A Voice from Harper’s Ferry, pp. 31–32.
2. Report: Reports of Senate Committees, 36th Congress, 1st Session, No. 278; Testimony of Daniel Wheeler, pp. 21–22.
3. Anderson,
A Voice from Harper’s Ferry, p. 33.
4. Anderson,
A Voice from Harper’s Ferry, pp. 33–34.
5. Anderson,
A Voice from Harper’s Ferry, pp. 36–37.
6. Statement by John Edwin Cook in Hinton, pp. 700–718.
7. Anderson,
A Voice from Harper’s Ferry, p. 37.
10. Report: Reports of Senate Committees, 36th Congress, 1st Session, No. 278; Testimony of John D. Starry, p. 25.
11. Boteler, “Recollections of the John Brown Raid” in the
Century Magazine, July, 1883, p. 405.
12. Anderson,
A Voice from Harper’s Ferry, p. 42.
13. Anderson,
A Voice from Harper’s Ferry, p. 39–40.
15. Boteler, “Recollections of the John Brown Raid” in the
Century Magazine, July, 1883, p. 407.
16. Daingerfield in the
Century Magazine, June, 1885.
17. Barry;
Strange Story of Harper’s Ferry, p. 67.
18. Patrick Higgins in Hinton, p. 290.
19. Daingerfield in the
Century Magazine, June, 1885.
20. Anderson,
A Voice from Harper’s Ferry, p. 42.
21. Testimony of Henry Hunter in Redpath, pp. 320–321.
22. Daingerfield in the
Century Magazine, June, 1885.
23. Barry,
Strange Story of Harper’s Ferry, pp. 70–71.
24. Daingerfield in the
Century Magazine, June, 1885.
25. Anderson,
A Voice from Harper’s Ferry, p. 52.
26. John Brown in Sanborn, pp. 560–561.
1. Report: Reports of Senate Committees, 36th Congress, 1st Session, No. 278; Testimony of George L. Stearns, pp. 241–242.
2. Douglass,
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1892), p. 376.
3. Correspondence of the New York
Herald, Sanborn, pp. 562–571.
4. Frederick Douglass in a speech at Storer College at Harper’s Ferry, May, 1882.
6. Mrs. Spring in Redpath, p. 377.
7. Newspaper report in Redpath, p. 376.
8. Mrs. Spring in Redpath, p. 377.
9. Letter to his sister, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 607–609.
10. Remarks by John Brown in Redpath, p. 309.
11. Newspaper report quoted by Redpath, p. 337.
12. Redpath, pp. 340–342.
13. Letter to Mrs. George L. Stearns, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 610–611.
1. Letter to his cousin, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 594–595.
2. Letter to D. R. Tilden in Sanborn, pp. 609–610.
3. Letters to his family, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 579–580, 613–615.
4. Letter to D. R. Tilden in Sanborn, pp. 609–610.
5. Letter to his family, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 579–580.
6. Letter to a friend, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 582–583.
7. Letter to his family, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 579–580.
8. Letter to H. L. Vaill, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 589–591.
9. Letter to Rev. Dr. Humphrey, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 603–605.
10. Letter to H. L. Vaill, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 590–591.
11. Letter to Miss Stearns, Sanborn, p. 607.
12. Postscript of letter to his family, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 585–587.
13. Letter to Rev. Dr. Humphrey, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 603–605.
14. Letter to Mr. McFarland, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 598–599.
15. Letter to his younger children, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 596–597.
16. Letter to his wife and children in Sanborn, pp. 585–587.
17. Letter to D. R. Tilden in Sanborn, pp. 609–610.
18. Letter to Mr. McFarland, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 598–599.
19. Redpath, pp. 382–383.
20. Last letter to his family, 1859, in Sanborn, pp. 614–615.
21. Letter to F. B. Musgrave, 1859, in Sanborn, p. 593.
22. Report: Reports of Senate Committees, 36th Congress, 1st Session, No. 278; Testimony of Joshua R. Giddings, pp. 147–156.
23. Report: Reports of Senate Committees, 36th Congress, 1st Session, No. 278; Testimony of Joshua R. Giddings, pp. 147–156.