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John Brown : "We came to free the slaves" /

by Schraff, Anne E.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Americans--the spirit of a nation. Publisher: Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2010Description: 128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780766033559.Subject(s): Brown, John, 1800-1859 | Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography
Contents:
Escape to Canada - Frontier childhood - Marriages and business ventures - Bleeding Kansas - The killings at Pottawatomie Creek - The road to Harpers Ferry - The attack - The trial - Under sentence of death - Death and aftermath.
Summary: This book examines the life of John Brown, including his childhood on the frontier, his fight against slavery and the Harpers Ferry raid, his execution, and his legacy in American history.
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Includes chronology.

Includes glossary.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-125) and index.

Escape to Canada - Frontier childhood - Marriages and business ventures - Bleeding Kansas - The killings at Pottawatomie Creek - The road to Harpers Ferry - The attack - The trial - Under sentence of death - Death and aftermath.

This book examines the life of John Brown, including his childhood on the frontier, his fight against slavery and the Harpers Ferry raid, his execution, and his legacy in American history.

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