A John Brown Reader: John Brown, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois & Others (Dover Thrift Editions: American History)

A John Brown Reader: John Brown, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois & Others (Dover Thrift Editions: American History)

John Brown, Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois
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Publication Date: January 13th, 2021
Publisher:
Dover Publications
ISBN:
9780486845623
Pages:
256

Description

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.

About the Author

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.