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A Plea For Captain John Brown
Contributor(s): Thoreau, Henry David (Author)

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 ISBN: 1532781512     ISBN-13: 9781532781513
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $6.60  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Physical Information: 0.06" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" L (0.10 lbs) 28 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Topical - Civil War
 
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A Plea For Captain John Brown written by Henry David Thoreau is an essay based on a speech that Henry David Thoreau gave on October 30th, 1859, approximately two weeks after John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. The essay gives insight into many subject areas which include; history, United States, America, Civil War, revolution & founding, and abolitionist. John Brown an abolitionist, and twenty-one other men seized the federal armory at Harper's Ferry hoping to arm slaves and create a violent rebellion against the south. While the raid which many viewed at the time as a failure, resulted in many deaths and led to John Brown's execution, it was the raid and John Brown's subsequent execution which propelled the American Civil War. A Plea For Captain John Brown by Henry David Thoreau will give readers a unique glimpse into history, the United States, America, Civil War, revolution & founding, and abolitionist.
 
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