John Brown's trial

John Brown's trial /

Mixing idealism with violence, abolitionist John Brown cut a wide swath across the United States before winding up in Virginia, where he led an attack on the U.S. armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Supported by a "provisional army" of 21 men, Brown hoped to rouse the slaves in Virginia t...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: McGinty, Brian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009
Subjects:
Brown, John, > 1800-1859 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Brown, John, > 1800-1859.
Trials (Treason) > Virginia.
Abolitionists > United States > Biography.
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) > History > John Brown's Raid, 1859.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • To free the slaves
  • Carrying the war into Africa
  • Framing the charges
  • The indictment
  • The jury is summoned
  • The testimony begins
  • The name and the shadow of a fair trial
  • The quiet was deceptive
  • The verdict
  • The sentence
  • The execution
  • Marching on.

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