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John Brown

by W.E.B. Du Bois · 1972

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A moving cultural biography of abolitionist martyr John Brown, by one of the most important African-American intellectuals of the twentieth century.

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In the history of slavery and its legacy, John Brown looms large as a hero whose deeds partly precipitated the Civil War. As Frederick Douglass wrote: "When John Brown stretched forth his arm ... the clash of arms was at hand." DuBois's biography brings Brown stirringly to life and is a neglected classic.

Subject
historybiographypolitics
Themes
American historyslaveryraceAfrican Americansocial justice
Setting
civil warUSA
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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