Freedom's dawn : the last days of John Brown in Virginia /

"John Brown's failed raid on the federal armory in Harper's Ferry Virginia served as a vital precursor to the Civil War, but its importance to the struggle for justice is free standing and exceptional in the history of the United States. In Freedom's Dawn, Louis DeCaro, Jr., has...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: DeCaro, Louis A., 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, [2015]
Temas:
Brown, John, > 1800-1859 > Imprisonment.
Brown, John, > 1800-1859 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Brown, John, > 1800-1859
1800-1899
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Abolitionists > United States > Biography.
Trials (Treason) > West Virginia > Charles Town.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Abolitionnistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Procès (Trahison) > Virginie-Occidentale > Charles Town.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Imprisonment
Trials (Treason)
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) > History > John Brown's Raid, 1859.
Harpers Ferry (Virg.-Occ.) > Histoire > 1859 (Raid de John Brown)
United States
West Virginia > Charles Town
West Virginia > Harpers Ferry
Biographies
History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Biographies.
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  • Section I. October's captive
  • I know these mountains well
  • Hundreds of slaves were ready
  • A swath of blood
  • Clothed in rags and all his human weakness
  • I am ready for my fate
  • Section II. November's felon
  • Prejudice ruled that hour
  • Like a block of stone
  • In the uttermost parts of the sea
  • The days and nights in Charlestown
  • Editors, letters, and old friends
  • Section III. When in the perfect scheme of God
  • Virginia quakes, the South trembles in sympathy
  • The ashes of the past
  • The celebrity of the day
  • Now the tinder is ready
  • Ten thousand photographs
  • Section IV. December's martyr
  • Time seems a laggard
  • The majesty of death
  • Like a string that snaps
  • A text for the nation
  • Epilogue: a terrible vial.

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