John Brown, the controversial Abolitionist who used terrorist tactics against slavery, single-handedly changed the course of American history. This biography by critic and cultural biographer Reynolds brings to life the Puritan warrior who gripped slavery by the throat and trigg…
"In the history of slavery and its legacy, the figure of John Brown looms large as a righteous and bloody abolitionist martyr whose insurrection against slavery polarized a nation and precipitated the Civil War. In this brilliant but long-forgotten cultural biography by one of t…
"In the history of slavery and its legacy, the figure of John Brown looms large as a righteous and bloody abolitionist martyr whose insurrection against slavery polarized a nation and precipitated the Civil War. In this brilliant but long-forgotten cultural biography by one of t…
John Brown was fiercely committed to the militant abolitionist cause, a crusade that culminated in Brown's raid on the Federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859 and his subsequent execution. Less well known is his devotion to his family, and they to him. Two of Brown's sons were k…
John Brown was fiercely committed to the militant abolitionist cause, a crusade that culminated in Brown's raid on the Federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859 and his subsequent execution. Less well known is his devotion to his family, and they to him. Two of Brown's sons were k…
John Brown was fiercely committed to the militant abolitionist cause, a crusade that culminated in Brown's raid on the Federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859 and his subsequent execution. Less well known is his devotion to his family, and they to him. Two of Brown's sons were k…
