Brown, John 1800-1859

Overview

Works:	1,631 works in 3,450 publications in 5 languages and 130,318 library holdings
Genres:	History Biographies Biography Sources Trials, litigation, etc Trial and arbitral proceedings Personal correspondence Controversial literature Portraits Records and correspondence
Subject Headings:	Abolitionists
Roles:	Author, Composer, Signer
Classifications:	E451, B

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about John Brown

John Brown's body by Stephen Vincent Benét( Book )
John Brown by W. E. B Du Bois( )
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride( Book )
The black hearts of men : radical abolitionists and the transformation of race by John Stauffer( )
Midnight rising : John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz( Book )

John Brown's trial by Brian McGinty( )
Cloudsplitter : a novel by Russell Banks( Book )
To purge this land with blood : a biography of John Brown by Stephen B Oates( Book )
Our fiery trial : Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, and the Civil War era by Stephen B Oates( )
The tie that bound us : the women of John Brown's family and the legacy of radical abolitionism by Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz( )
John Brown : his fight for freedom by John Hendrix( Book )
John Brown, abolitionist : the man who killed slavery, sparked the Civil War, and seeded civil rights by David S Reynolds( Book )
Old John Brown; the man whose soul is marching on by Walter Hawkins( )
John Brown's spy : the adventurous life and tragic confession of John E. Cook by Steven Lubet( )
The legend of John Brown : a biography and a history by Richard Owen Boyer( Book )
Black abolitionists by Benjamin Quarles( Book )
A plea for Captain John Brown by Henry David Thoreau( )
The Abolitionists( Visual )
A Yankee in Canada, with Anti-slavery and reform papers by Henry David Thoreau( Book )
"Fire from the midst of you" : a religious life of John Brown by Louis A DeCaro( )

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Most widely held works by John Brown

Testimonies of Capt. John Brown, at Harper's Ferry : with his address to the court by John Brown( )

9 editions published between 1860 and 2017 in English and held by 361 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( )

7 editions published between 1859 and 1860 in English and held by 323 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 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 )

7 editions published between 1861 and 1970 in English and held by 245 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 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

While a reporter at Horace Greeley's New York Tribune in the 1850s, James Redpath developed a strong curiosity about slavery and decided that he would travel south "to see slavery with my own eyes." Redpath interviewed slaves, recorded their opinions, and recounted them in the form of letters which he then published in antislavery newspapers under the pseudonym "John Ball, Jr." Redpath later collected these letters into book form, publishing them in 1859 as The Roving Editor

The life and letters of John Brown : liberator of Kansas and martyr of Virginia by F. B Sanborn( Book )

9 editions published between 1885 and 2012 in English and held by 182 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This 1885 biography of radical abolitionist John Brown was written by F.B. Sanborn, a journalist and social reformer. Sanborn had been a friend and ally of Brown's and served as a member of the Secret Six, or Committee of Six, that provided funds for Brown's attack on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry. Sanborn praises Brown for his role in the bloody Kansas skirmishes and calls him a "martyr" for his execution after the Harper's Ferry raid

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 174 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Life, trial, and execution of Captain John Brown, known as "Old Brown of Ossawatomie." by John Brown( )

8 editions published between 1859 and 2007 in English and held by 151 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"An unabridged republication of the revised edition published ... in 1859."

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 136 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Memoirs of a reformer, 1832-1892 by Alexander Milton Ross( )

1 edition published in 1893 in English and held by 87 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

These memoirs by Alexander Milton Ross lend a first-hand perspective of the danger, adventure and liberation of the Underground Railroad. Ross was later honored by Abraham Lincoln and others for his bravery in assisting more than 31 slaves to freedom

Captain John Brown of Harper's Ferry by E. W( )

3 editions published in 1861 in English and held by 79 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Correspondence between Lydia Maria Child and Gov. Wise and Mrs. Mason, of Virginia by Lydia Maria Child( Book )

4 editions published in 1860 in English and held by 66 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Abolitionist statements in the form of letters addressed to Governor Wise of Virginia on the occasion of John Brown's raid and arrest. Child criticizes Virginia's laws on race, and draws a rebuke from Wise. Included is a letter from John Brown to Child asking for financial help for his family, and an exchange of (hostile) letters between Child and a Virginia woman over the issues of Brown and slavery

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 England) Emancipation Society (London( Book )

3 editions published in 1864 in English and held by 24 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A John Brown reader by Louis Ruchames( Book )

1 edition published in 1959 in English and held by 15 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The public life of Capt. John Brown, with an auto-biography of his childhood and youth by James Redpath( Book )

1 edition published in 1860 in English and held by 15 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Words of John Brown by John Brown( )

3 editions published in 1897 in English and held by 14 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 12 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 the poetry and prose of the literary heritage by John Brown( Book )

2 editions published in 1959 in English and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Court of Appeals of Virginia. Richmond. Commonwealth v. Brown by John Brown( Book )

2 editions published in 1859 in English and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

La schiavitù è uno stato di guerra : lettere, dichiarazioni, testimonianze by John Brown( Book )

2 editions published in 1962 in Italian and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The tribunal : responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid by John Stauffer( Book )

1 edition published in 2012 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"When John Brown led twenty-one men in an attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry on October 16, 1859, he envisioned a biblical uprising of millions of armed bondsmen, thus ridding the nation of the scourge of slavery. The insurrection did not happen, and Brown and the other surviving raiders were quickly captured and executed. This landmark anthology, which collects contemporary speeches, letters, newspaper articles, journals, poems, and songs, demonstrates that Brown's actions nonetheless altered the course of American history. John Stauffer and Zoe Trodd have assembled an impressive and wide-ranging collection of responses to Brown's raid: Brown's own words, Northern and Southern reactions, international commentary, and reflection from the Civil War and Reconstruction era. Represented here are all the figures one would expect to see (Lincoln, Thoreau, Frederick Douglass), many surprises (John Wilkes Booth, Karl Marx, Giuseppe Garibaldi), as well as free and enslaved blacks and white citizens. The result is a book that views Brown from multiple vantage points."--Jacket

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