John Brown's trial / Brian McGinty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGinty, Brian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Brown, John.

Brown, John, 1800-1859.

Trials (Treason)--Virginia.

Trials (Treason).

Abolitionists--United States--Biography.

Abolitionists.

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

Harpers Ferry (W. Va.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 to rebellion. But he was quickly captured and, after a short but stormy trial, hanged on December 2, 1859. Brian McGinty provides the first comprehensive account of the trial, which raised important questions about jurisdiction, judicial fairness, and the nature of treason under the American constitutional system.

Contents:

To free the slaves

Carrying the war into Africa

Framing the charges

The indictment

The jury is summoned

The testimony begins

The name and the shadow of a fair trial

The quiet was deceptive

The verdict

The sentence

The execution

Marching on.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-338) and index.

ISBN:

9780674054226

0674054229

OCLC:

649915305