Freedom's dawn : the last days of John Brown in Virginia / Louis DeCaro Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeCaro, Louis A., 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brown, John, 1800-1859--Imprisonment.

Brown, John.

Brown, John, 1800-1859--Trials, litigation, etc.

Brown, John, 1800-1859.

Trials (Treason).

Imprisonment.

Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859.

Harpers Ferry (W. Va.).

Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.

Antislavery movements.

United States.

History.

Abolitionists--United States--Biography.

Abolitionists.

West Virginia--Charles Town.

Trials (Treason)--West Virginia--Charles Town.

West Virginia--Harpers Ferry.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Trials, litigation, etc.

Trial and arbitral proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 451 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Contents:

Section I. October's prisoner

I know these mountains well

Hundreds of slaves were ready

A swath of blood

Clothed in rags and all his human weakness

I am ready for my fate

Section II. November's felon

Prejudice ruled that hour

Like a block of stone

In the uttermost parts of the sea

The days and nights in Charlestown

Editors, letters, and old friends

Section III. When in the perfect scheme of God

Virginia quakes, the South trembles in sympathy

The ashes of the past

The celebrity of the day

Now the tinder is ready

Ten thousand photographs

Section IV. December's martyr

Time seems a laggard

The majesty of death

Like a string that snaps

A text for the nation

Epilogue: a terrible vial.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442236721

1442236728

OCLC:

902656949