Brown, John 1800-1859

Overview

Works:	1,317 works in 2,666 publications in 3 languages and 102,835 library holdings
Subject Headings:	Abolitionists
Roles:	Other, Signer
Classifications:	E451, 973.68

Publication Timeline

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Publications about John Brown

Publications by John Brown

Publications by John Brown, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about John Brown

John Brown's body by Stephen Vincent Benét ( Book )
John Brown a biography by W. E. B Du Bois ( Book )
Cloudsplitter : a novel by Russell Banks ( Book )
To purge this land with blood : a biography of John Brown by Stephen B Oates ( Book )
Midnight rising : John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz ( Book )

John Brown, abolitionist : the man who killed slavery, sparked the Civil War, and seeded civil rights by David S Reynolds ( Book )
John Brown : his fight for freedom by John Hendrix ( Book )
The black hearts of men : radical abolitionists and the transformation of race by John Stauffer ( )
Our fiery trial : Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, and the Civil War era by Stephen B Oates ( Book )
The legend of John Brown : a biography and a history by Richard Owen Boyer ( Book )
Walden, and other writings by Henry David Thoreau ( Book )
John Brown's trial by Brian McGinty ( )
Black abolitionists by Benjamin Quarles ( Book )
John Brown, 1800-1859 : a biography fifty years after by Oswald Garrison Villard ( Book )
Allies for freedom; Blacks and John Brown by Benjamin Quarles ( Book )
Mine eyes have seen by Ann Rinaldi ( Book )
A plea for Captain John Brown by Henry David Thoreau ( )
Old John Brown the man whose soul is marching on by Walter Hawkins ( )
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride ( Book )
The hanging of Old Brown a story of slaves, statesmen, and redemption by Gregory Toledo ( )

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Most widely held works by John Brown

The life and letters of Captain John Brown who was executed at Charlestown, Virginia, Dec. 2, 1859, for an armed attack upon American slavery ; with notices of some of his confederates by Richard Davis Webb ( Book )
6 editions published in 1861 in English and held by 261 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Provisional constitution and ordinances for the people of the United States by John Brown ( Book )
6 editions published between 1858 and 1969 in English and held by 178 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The life and letters of John Brown : liberator of Kansas and martyr of Virginia by F. B Sanborn ( Book )
6 editions published between 1885 and 1969 in English and held by 166 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The roving editor, or, Talks with slaves in the southern states by James Redpath ( )
1 edition published in 1859 in English and held by 131 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This new edition reproduces the text of The Roving Editor together with important supplemental documents and extensive editorial apparatus

Testimonies of Capt. John Brown at Harper's Ferry with his address to the court by John Brown ( )
6 editions published in 1860 in English and held by 129 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Life, trial and conviction of Captain John Brown, known as "Old Brown of Ossawatomie" with a full account of the attempted insurrection at Harper's Ferry by John Brown ( )
5 editions published between 1859 and 1860 in English and held by 113 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
John Brown was tried in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County for treason, for conpiring with slaves to produce insurrection, and for murder

The Life, trial and execution of Captain John Brown, known as "Old Brown of Ossawatomie" with a full account of the attempted insurrection at Harper's Ferry by John Brown ( )
7 editions published between 1859 and 2007 in English and held by 107 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
John Brown was tried in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, then in Virginia, Oct. 25-Nov. 2, 1859, for treason, for conspiring with slaves to produce insurrection, and for murder

The Natick resolution, or, Resistance to slaveholders the right and duty of southern slaves and northern freemen by Henry Clarke Wright ( )
2 editions published in 1859 in English and held by 50 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Correspondence between Lydia Maria Child and Gov. Wise and Mrs. Mason, of Virginia by Lydia Maria Child ( Book )
3 editions published in 1860 in English and held by 49 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Memoirs of a reformer, 1832-1892 by Alexander Milton Ross ( )
1 edition published in 1893 in English and held by 49 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Captain John Brown of Harper's Ferry by E. W ( )
3 editions published in 1861 in English and held by 42 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Words of John Brown by John Brown ( Book )
2 editions published in 1897 in English and held by 34 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Panorama de la littérature contemporaine aux États-Unis : introduction, illustrations, documents by John Lackey Brown ( Book )
1 edition published in 1954 in French and held by 30 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A John Brown reader; the story of John Brown in his own words, in the words of those who knew him, and in the poetry and prose of the literary heritage by Louis Ruchames ( Book )
2 editions published in 1959 in English and held by 20 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The martyrdom of John Brown : the proceedings of a public meeting held in London, on the 2nd December, 1863, to commemorate the fourth anniversary of John Brown's death by London Emancipation Society ( Book )
3 editions published in 1864 in English and held by 16 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Inventory and calendar of the John Brown, Jr., papers, 1830-1932 by Ohio Historical Society ( Book )
2 editions published in 1962 in English and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The public life of Capt. John Brown by James Redpath ( Book )
2 editions published in 1860 in English and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Court of Appeals of Virginia. Richmond. Commonwealth v. Brown by John Brown ( Book )
1 edition published in 1859 in English and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Testimonies of Capt. John Brown, at Harper's Perry, with his address to the court by John Brown ( Book )
1 edition published in 1860 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Testimonies of Capt. John Brown, at Harper's Ferry, with his address to the court. : [One line of Scripture text] by John Brown ( Book )
1 edition published in 1860 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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