A John Brown Reader

A John Brown Reader

John Brown, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois & Others

By John Brown, Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. Du Bois

$9.00

Publication Date: 13th January 2021

This original collection gathers a remarkably diverse body of literature about John Brown, the strident anti-slavery leader. Besides a selection of letters by the abolitionist himself, the book includes a significant excerpt from W. E. B. Du Bois's biography, John Brown, addresses by Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau, poetry by Louisa May Alcott and Herman Melville, and much more.

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This original collection gathers a remarkably diverse body of literature about John Brown, the strident anti-slavery leader. Besides a selection of letters by the abolitionist himself, the book includes a significant excerpt from W. E. B. Du Bois's biography, John Brown, addresses by Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau, poetry by Louisa May Alcott and Herman Melville, and much more.

Dover Original.
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This original collection gathers a remarkably diverse body of literature about John Brown, the strident anti-slavery leader. Besides a selection of letters by the abolitionist himself, the book includes a significant excerpt from W. E. B. Du Bois's biography, John Brown, addresses by Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau, poetry by Louisa May Alcott and Herman Melville, and much more.

Dover Original.
Details
  • Price: $9.00
  • Pages: 256
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Thrift Editions: American History
  • Publication Date: 13th January 2021
  • Trim Size: 5 x 8 in
  • ISBN: 9780486845623
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
    BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists
    LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / African American
Author Bio
John Brown (1800–1859) was an American abolitionist. Brown advocated the use of armed insurrection to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. He first gained national attention when he led small groups of volunteers during the Bleeding Kansas crisis of 1856.
This original collection gathers a remarkably diverse body of literature about John Brown, the strident anti-slavery leader. Besides a selection of letters by the abolitionist himself, the book includes a significant excerpt from W. E. B. Du Bois's biography, John Brown, addresses by Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau, poetry by Louisa May Alcott and Herman Melville, and much more.

Dover Original.
  • Price: $9.00
  • Pages: 256
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Thrift Editions: American History
  • Publication Date: 13th January 2021
  • Trim Size: 5 x 8 in
  • ISBN: 9780486845623
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
    BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists
    LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / African American
John Brown (1800–1859) was an American abolitionist. Brown advocated the use of armed insurrection to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. He first gained national attention when he led small groups of volunteers during the Bleeding Kansas crisis of 1856.

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