John Brown

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In this book, first published in 1909 and then long out of print, Dr. Du Bois rose to a passionate and fully documented defense of John Brown against all his detractors. Dr. Du Bois developed the view that at Harper’s Ferry, John Brown fought the first battle of the Civil War. For this edition, Du Bois updated his original..

312 pages. Index.

Author(s): W.E.B. Du Bois,
ISBN: 978-0-7178-0375-0

861 in stock

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In his fight against slavery and the “slaveocracy” John Brown and his band of 21 followers seized the armory at Harper’s Ferry to obtain weapons, arm the slaves, and through mass revolt end slavery. This was three years and 29 days prior to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.Brown, branded “zealot”, “fanatic” and “traitor” was hanged but in this book Dr. Du Bois rises to a passionate and fully documented defense of John Brown against all his detractors making it clear that here, at Harper’s Ferry, John Brown and his followers had fought the first battle of the Civil War.

Here is a profound picture of John Brown the man, father, religionist, and irrepressible crusader against the sacrilege of slavery. The author conveys to the reader the wrath and turbulence of John Brown yet depicts his care and deliberation in the anti-slavery battle, from Kansas to his final assault. With keen perception, there is revealed both the unity and conflict of John Brown’s relation with Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison and other Abolitionists. The book stands today as a classic work of history and literature. For this edition, Dr. Du Bois supplied a new preface, some additions to the text, and a few pages of new conclusions. Lithographed from the original edition, the old text has not been altered, any new material appears in italics.

 

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Weight 9 oz
Dimensions 5.5 × 1 × 8.5 in
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3 reviews for John Brown

  1. Kayleen

    Grade A stuff. I’m unuaqstionebly in your debt.

  2. stew312856

    One of my favorite books of all time, a brilliant piece of writing. This was claimed by Dr. Du Bois as his favorite book and it shows.

  3. jwendland

    Du Bois apparently wrote this book in a hurry to claim Brown as a positive force in Black history and US history as a counter to the landslide of books that were coming out by white authors who sought to denigrate his record.

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