Despised and admired during his life and after his execution, the abolitionist John Brown polarized the nation and remains one of the most controversial figures in U.S. history. His 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, failed to inspire a slave revolt and establish a free Appalachian state but became a crucial turning point in the fight against slavery and a catalyst for the violence that ignited the Civil War. Jonathan Earle’s volume presents Brown as neither villain nor martyr, but rather as a man whose deeply held abolitionist beliefs gradually evolved to a point where he saw violence as inevitable. Earle’s introduction and his collection of documents demonstrate the evolution of Brown’s abolitionist strategies and the symbolism his actions took on in the press, the government, and the wider culture. The featured documents include Brown’s own writings, eyewitness accounts, government reports, and articles from the popular press and from leading intellectuals. Document headnotes, a chronology, questions for consideration, a list of important figures, and a selected bibliography offer additional pedagogical support.

John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)

History

Earle, Jonathan

Americas

Bedford/St.Martin's

America: A Concise History 3e V1 & America Firsthand 7e V1 & Benjamin and William Franklin & John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

Dumenil, Lynn

Henretta, James A.

Brody, David

Marcus, Robert D.

Skemp, Sheila L.

The Routledge Atlas of African American History (Routledge Atlases of American History)

"Now in its second edition, The Routledge Atlas of African American History traces the epic journey of African Americans four-hundred-years in North America. With more than 75 full-color maps, charts, and illustrations, this volume illuminates the myriad of contributions from Black Americans to the nations political, economic, cultural, and social history. Jonathan Earle begins the sweeping story with the African roots of Black America and moves through important developments such as the Underground Railroad, Emancipation and the Civil War, African Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces, the spread of Jim Crow Laws, and the long Civil Rights Movement. This updated edition also introduces new essays on Black Seminoles, the National Womens Club Movement, Black political realignment and the rise of Barack Obama, and Black Lives Matter protests. Other diverse topics include: the AME Church, buffalo soldiers, historically Black colleges and universities, black nationalism, racial violence and white supremacy. Examining both the geographical and historical context of the African American experience, this book is an indispensable reference for students of American history, African American history, and anyone interested in the Black experience"--

Africa

Routledge

Now in its second edition, The Routledge Atlas of African American History traces the epic journey of African Americans’ four hundred years in North America. 
With more than 75 full-color maps, charts, and illustrations, this volume illuminates the myriad of contributions from Black Americans to the nation’s political, economic, cultural, and social history. Jonathan Earle begins the sweeping story with the African roots of Black America and moves through important developments such as the Underground Railroad, Emancipation and the Civil War, African Americas in the U.S. Armed Forces, the spread of Jim Crow Laws, and the long Civil Rights Movement. This updated edition also introduces new essays on Black Seminoles, the National Women’s Club Movement, Black political realignment and the rise of Barack Obama, and Black Lives Matter protests. Other diverse topics include: 
The AME Church 
Buffalo Soldiers 
Historically Black colleges and universities 
Black nationalism 
Racial violence and white supremacy. 
Examining both the geographical and historical context of the African American experience, this book is an indispensable reference for students of American history and African American history, and anyone interested in the Black experience.

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the Major Problems in American History series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U.S. history. This text serves as the primary anthology, even the textbook, for the course, covering the subject's entire chronological span. With nearly 50% new documents, the Second Edition places greater emphasis on diplomacy and foreign affairs, popular culture, religion, and the history of national and group identities. Documents in each chapter identify key issues and capture the passionate spirit and conviction of the historical actors. The essay selections highlight classic and current scholarship on the social and cultural history of the early republic.

Major Problems in the Early Republic Second Edition (Major Problems in American History)

Wilentz, Sean

Houghton/Mifflin

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John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)

America: A Concise History 3e V1 & America Firsthand 7e V1 & Benjamin and William Franklin & John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

The Routledge Atlas of African American History (Routledge Atlases of American History)

The Routledge Atlas of African American History (Routledge Atlases of American History)

The Routledge Atlas of African American History (Routledge Atlases of American History)

Major Problems in the Early Republic Second Edition (Major Problems in American History)