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John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

2006
Presents a short history of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859, written in graphic novel format, and focuses on his attempt to win emancipation of all slaves by capturing the federal arsenal located there.

John Brown

one man against slavery
1993
The views of the controversial abolitionist John Brown and the events leading up to his ill-fated attack on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry are described through the eyes of Brown's daughter, Annie.

Fiery vision

the life and death of John Brown
1997
A biography of the controversial abolitionist who led the raid on the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry.

Midnight rising

John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War
2011
Tells the story of the raid in Harper's Ferry West Virginia that started the Civil War in 1859.

Sons of Providence

the Brown brothers, the slave trade, and the American Revolution
2006
A dual biography of Moses and John Brown, two Rhode Island brothers divided by the institution of slavery in the days before and during the American Revolution.

John Brown, abolitionist

the man who killed slavery, sparked the Civil War, and seeded civil rights
2005
Presents a comprehensive history of abolitionist John Brown describing his life-long campaign against the institution of slavery in the mid-1800s and shows how his terrorist activities became the catalyst that led to the Civil War.

The raid on Harpers Ferry, October 16, 1859

a brutal skirmish widens the rift between North and South
1971
Describes the causes, events, and aftermath of the raid led by John Brown on the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry.

John Brown's spy

the adventurous life and tragic confession of John E. Cook
2012
Presents a biography of John E. Cook, a poet, a marksman, a fighter and a womanizer and ultimately a spy for John Brown and who was instrumental in the planning and executing of the raid on Harper's Ferry that sparked the beginning of the Civil War.

John Brown's body

1990
A long narrative poem covering the Civil War, and individual figures of both North and South, soldiers and civilians.

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