Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War

Type

Book

Authors

Tony Horwitz

ISBN 13

9781594135507

Tags

Abolition, State & Local, United States

Description

Chronicles the 1859 raid by radical abolitionist John Brown, his children and a guerilla band on Harpers Ferry, revealing how his acts, deemed terrorism by the South, prompted a counterattack by Robert E. Lee and galvanized Northern supporters during Lincoln's election campaign. (United States history). - from Amzon

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