Brown, John 1800-1859

Overview

Works:	1,416 works in 3,013 publications in 7 languages and 119,390 library holdings
Genres:	Biography History Poetry Trials, litigation, etc Records and correspondence Portraits Controversial literature Archives Encyclopedias Biographies
Subject Headings:	Abolitionists
Roles:	Author, Composer, Other, Signer
Classifications:	E451, B

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about John Brown

John Brown's body by Stephen Vincent Benét( Book )
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride( Book )
Midnight rising : John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz( Book )
Cloudsplitter : a novel by Russell Banks( Book )
To purge this land with blood : a biography of John Brown by Stephen B Oates( Book )

John Brown by W. E. B Du Bois( Book )
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 )
Walden, and other writings by Henry David Thoreau( Book )
The legend of John Brown : a biography and a history by Richard Owen Boyer( Book )
Black abolitionists by Benjamin Quarles( Book )
The black hearts of men : radical abolitionists and the transformation of race by John Stauffer( Book )
The Abolitionists( Visual )
John Brown and his men by Richard J Hinton( Book )
Our fiery trial : Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, and the Civil War era by Stephen B Oates( Book )
The public life of Capt. John Brown by James Redpath( Book )
John Brown's trial by Brian McGinty( Book )
John Brown's spy : the adventurous life and tragic confession of John E. Cook by Steven Lubet( Book )
The life and letters of John Brown : liberator of Kansas and martyr of Virginia by F. B Sanborn( Book )
The Life, trial, and execution of Captain John Brown, known as "Old Brown of Ossawatomie." by John Brown( Book )

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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 251 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

7 editions published between 1885 and 1969 in English and held by 163 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 )

5 editions published between 1858 and 1969 in English and held by 161 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

11 editions published between 1860 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 76 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( Book )

7 editions published between 1859 and 1860 in English and held by 59 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

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 53 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 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 42 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

Words of John Brown by John Brown( Book )

5 editions published in 1897 in English and Undetermined and held by 37 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 England) Emancipation Society (London( Book )

3 editions published in 1864 in English and held by 23 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Encyclopädie der Diätetik oder allgemeines Gesundheits-Lexicon ein vollständiges Real-Wörterbuch des geistigen und körperlichen Verhaltens im gesunden und kranken Zustande für jedermann, jedes Alter, Geschlecht, Temperament, jeden Stand und alle Verhältnisse des Lebens ; ein Volks- und Hülfsbuch by Julius A Hofmann( Book )

7 editions published in 1842 in German and held by 21 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 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Biography of John Brown, who led the raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia

John Brown by W. E. B Du Bois( Book )

5 editions published between 1962 and 1974 in Undetermined and English and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This new edition of Du Bois's John Brown includes the text of the original 1909 edition and is accompanied by a major introduction that underscores Du Bois's intellectual and emotional debt to the martyred abolitionist. John David Smith's introduction asks new questions about Brown's influence on Du Bois's emerging thoughts on race and society. Smith also provides contextualizing documents, including letters from Brown to his family and Frederick Douglass's account of his last meeting with Brown

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 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Vault guide to the top banking employers : 2009 asia pacific edition by John Brown( Book )

3 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 8 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 )

1 edition published in 1959 in English and held by 7 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 )

1 edition published in 1959 in English and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Natick resolution ; or, Resistance to slaveholders the right and duty of southern slaves and northern freemen by Henry Clarke Wright( Book )

2 editions published in 1859 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

3 editions published in 1861 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

To purge this land with blood : a biography of John Brown by Stephen B Oates( Book )

1 edition published in 1984 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Provides an account of the life and career of antislavery activist John Brown, leader of the infamous raid on Harpers Ferry

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

1 edition published in 1893 in English and held by 0 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

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