The tribunal : responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid
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Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.
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9780674048850, 0674048857
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lix, 570 pages ; 24 cm.
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Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.
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English
ISBN
9780674048850, 0674048857

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"When John Brown led twenty-one men in an attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry on October 16, 1859, he envisioned a biblical uprising of millions of armed bondsmen, thus ridding the nation of the scourge of slavery. The insurrection did not happen, and Brown and the other surviving raiders were quickly captured and executed. This landmark anthology, which collects contemporary speeches, letters, newspaper articles, journals, poems, and songs, demonstrates that Brown's actions nonetheless altered the course of American history. John Stauffer and Zoe Trodd have assembled an impressive and wide-ranging collection of responses to Brown's raid: Brown's own words, Northern and Southern reactions, international commentary, and reflection from the Civil War and Reconstruction era. Represented here are all the figures one would expect to see (Lincoln, Thoreau, Frederick Douglass), many surprises (John Wilkes Booth, Karl Marx, Giuseppe Garibaldi), as well as free and enslaved blacks and white citizens. The result is a book that views Brown from multiple vantage points."--Jacket.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Stauffer, J., & Trodd, Z. (2012). The tribunal: responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid . Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stauffer, John, 1965- and Zoe. Trodd. 2012. The Tribunal: Responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stauffer, John, 1965- and Zoe. Trodd. The Tribunal: Responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Stauffer, John, and Zoe Trodd. The Tribunal: Responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.

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