Ambivalent Conspirators : John Brown, the Secret Six, and a Theory of Slave Violence /

The remarkable relationship among the six conspirators who aided John Brown in his famed 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry is dramatically exposed in this volume. Why did these six abolitionists, who were nominally pacifist, decide to subsidize an act of black violence?.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rossbach, Jeffrey
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Temas:
Brown, John, > 1800-1859.
1859
Abolitionists > United States > Attitudes.
Slave rebellions > United States.
Abolitionnistes > États-Unis > Attitudes.
Révoltes d'esclaves > États-Unis.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Abolitionists > Attitudes.
Slave rebellions.
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) > History > John Brown's Raid, 1859.
Harpers Ferry (Virg.-Occ.) > Histoire > 1859 (Raid de John Brown)
United States.
West Virginia > Harpers Ferry.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1. Anthony Burns and Ambivalent Violence
  • CHAPTER 2. The Massachusetts Kansas Committee: Sanborn, Stearns, and System
  • CHAPTER 3. Kansas Reflections
  • CHAPTER 4. "Riding Free Horses": Kansas Funds and North Elba Land
  • CHAPTER 5. Réévaluation and Revelation
  • CHAPTER 6. The Hugh Forbes Postponement
  • CHAPTER 7. A Theory of Violence and Assimilation
  • CHAPTER 8. The Harpers Ferry Raid
  • CHAPTER 9. Testimony
  • CHAPTER 10. The "Superadded" Conspiracy
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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