Description
This original collection gathers a remarkably diverse body of literature about John Brown, the strident anti-slavery leader. Besides a selection of letters by the abolitionist himself, the book includes a significant excerpt from W. E. B. Du Bois's biography, John Brown, addresses by Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau, poetry by Louisa May Alcott and Herman Melville, and much more.
Author: John Brown, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 01/13/2021
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780486845623
ISBN10: 0486845621
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- Literary Collections | American | African American & Black
Author: John Brown, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 01/13/2021
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780486845623
ISBN10: 0486845621
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- Literary Collections | American | African American & Black
About the Author
John Brown (1800-1859) was an American abolitionist. Brown advocated the use of armed insurrection to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. He first gained national attention when he led small groups of volunteers during the Bleeding Kansas crisis of 1856.
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