John Brown’s Trial / / Brian McGinty.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 TO FREE THE SLAVES
- 2 CARRYING THE WAR INTO AFRICA
- 3 FRAMING THE CHARGES
- 4 THE INDICTMENT
- 5 THE JURY IS SUMMONED
- 6 THE TESTIMONY BEGINS
- 7 THE NAME AND THE SHADOW OF A FAIR TRIAL
- 8 THE QUIET WAS DECEPTIVE
- 9 THE VERDICT
- 10 THE SENTENCE
- 11 THE EXECUTION
- 12 MARCHING ON
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX