Brown, John 1800-1859

Overview

Works:	1,539 works in 3,339 publications in 5 languages and 127,055 library holdings
Genres:	History Biography Poetry Trials, litigation, etc Trial and arbitral proceedings Records and correspondence Controversial literature Portraits Archives Encyclopedias
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 )

Cloudsplitter : a novel by Russell Banks( Book )
John Brown's trial by Brian McGinty( )
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( )
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 )
The tie that bound us : the women of John Brown's family and the legacy of radical abolitionism by Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz( )
Old John Brown : the man whose soul is marching on by Walter Hawkins( )
Walden, and other writings by Henry David Thoreau( Book )
The legend of John Brown : a biography and a history by Richard Owen Boyer( Book )
John Brown's spy : the adventurous life and tragic confession of John E. Cook by Steven Lubet( )
Black abolitionists by Benjamin Quarles( Book )
John Brown and his men by Richard J Hinton( Book )
The Abolitionists( Visual )
A Yankee in Canada, with Anti-slavery and reform papers by Henry David Thoreau( Book )

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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( )

11 editions published between 1860 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 324 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 279 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 246 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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 178 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

8 editions published between 1885 and 1969 in English and held by 178 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

The roving editor, or, Talks with slaves in the southern states by James Redpath( )

1 edition published in 1859 in English and held by 176 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, 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 144 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 132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

1 edition published in 1893 in English and held by 80 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 77 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 54 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

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 Albert Hofmann( Book )

7 editions published in 1842 in German and held by 23 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

The public life of Capt. John Brown by James Redpath( Book )

2 editions published in 1860 in English and held by 16 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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 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

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 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

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

Words of John Brown by John Brown( )

4 editions published in 1897 in English and Undetermined and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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