The zealot and the emancipator : John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the struggle for American freedom
by Brands, H. W. (Author)
Summary
"What do moral people do when democracy countenances evil? The question, implicit in the idea that people can govern themselves, came to a head in America at the middle of the nineteenth century, in the struggle over slavery. John Brown's answer was violence--violence of a sort some in later generat... Full description
- Pottawatomie
- Springfield
- Harpers Ferry
- The telegraph office.