- Wikipedia: John Brown
User-edited biography of the American abolitionist who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to end all slavery.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist)
- Africans in America: John Brown
Entry for John Brown, an American abolitionist who advocated and practiced insurrection as a means to abolish slavery.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1550.html
- John Brown Biography Page
Biography of John Brown, the abolitionist who led the attack on Harper's Ferry, determined to arm those who would contribute to his effort to end slavery.
www.civilwarhome.com/johnbrownbio.htm
- John Brown
Bio of abolitionist John Brown, who staged an attack on the federal armory at Harper's Ferry and was later hanged for treason.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASbrown.htm
- Raid at Harpers Ferry@
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/John_Brown_s_Raid
- Plea for Captain John Brown
Complete text of the work by Henry David Thoreau.
www.transcendentalists.com/thoreau_plea_john_brown.htm
- American Experience: John Brown's Holy War
Chronicles the life and times of the man whose armed crusade against slavery ended in his execution at Harper's Ferry, and eventually led to the Civil War.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown
- The Portent: John Brown's Raid in American Memory
Describes Brown's raid and explores its immediate aftermath in American politics and its meaning over time. From the Virginia Historical Society.
www.vahistorical.org/johnbrown/introduction.htm
- The Trial of John Brown: A Commentary
Describes Brown's radicalization, the failed attack at Harpers Ferry, his subsequent trial, and its aftermath.
www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/johnbrown/brownaccount.html
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