Antique 1st edition 1859 JOHN BROWN INVASION Harper\'s Ferry Tragedy IMPORTANT
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Antique 1st edition 1859 JOHN BROWN INVASION Harper\'s Ferry Tragedy IMPORTANT:
$209.00
The John Brown Invasion: An Authentic History of the Harper\'s Ferry Tragedy with full details of the capture, trial, and execution of the invaders, and of all the incidents connected therewith : with a lithograhic portrait of Capt. John Brown Published by James Campbell, Boston, 1860Title: The John Brown Invasion: An Authentic ...
Publisher: James Campbell, Boston
Publication Date: 1860
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: B/w Frontice Portrait with original fronticepiece divider
Book Condition: Good- Fully intact
Edition: First Edition
Historians agree that the Harpers Ferry raid escalated tensions that, a year later, led to the South\'s secession and Civil War. David Porter has said the emotional effect of Brown\'s raid was greater than the philosophical effect of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and that it revealed a deep division between North and South. Some writers, including Bruce Olds, describe him as a monomaniacal zealot; others, such as Stephan Oates, regard him as \"one of the most perceptive human beings of his generation.\"[1] David S. Renolds hails him as the man who \"killed slavery, sparked the civil war, and seeded civil rights\" and Richard Owen Boyer emphasizes that Brown was \"an American who gave his life that millions of other Americans might be free\". \"John Brown\'s Body\" was a popular Union marching song during the Civil War and made him a martyr.
Brown\'s actions prior to the Civil War as an abolitionist, and the tactics he chose, still make him a controversial figure today. He is sometimes memorialized as a heroic martyr and a visionary, and sometimes vilified as a madman and a terrorist.
EXCEPTIONALLY RARE IN THE ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPS. Good in wraps. Short history of the revolt (obviously produced on short notice); notable for the extremely rare lithographic portrait of John Brown (from the photograph by Whittle) with facsimile inscription. Slight dampstaining and foxing, mostly on first few pages.ALLCOMPLETE with text at rear (\"Slanders Upon John Brown\"). 112 pages+plate. Size: 8vo - over 7¾\" - 9¾\" tall. Includes John Brown exploits in the territory of Kansas, letters to family and friends, addresses to the Court and more. EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ORIGINAL PUBLICATION of Civil War History!
December 1859.
Single page of lined paper, inscribed on one side, the original check set into the same sheet, a window cut in the letter to accommodate the check, with John Brown\'s endorsement, naming his wife and son on the verso, and Mary Brown\'s signature. The letter addressed to Edward Harris (1801-1872) of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, thanking him for sending a check for $100. Also included is a letter from George W. Mumford, Secretary State of the Commonwealth of Virginia, acknowledging receipt of the check; ink faded on the rectos of both letters and the check, all three documents matted and mounted together in a double-glazed frame.
Brown wrote this note from prison in Charles Town, Virginia on the night before his execution. \"My dear Sir, I only have time to say that your most kind & comforing [sic] letter of the 20th inst. enclosed Draft for $100, One Hundred Dollars & copies are received & to return you my earnest thanks. May God Allmighty reward you a Thousand fold. Your friend, John Brown.\" Brown also refers to the receipt of Harris\'s check in a letter to his family dated 30 November 1859. Brown was executed by hanging because of his participation in radical abolitionist activities that included arming enslaved people in an attempt to overthrow the practice of slavery in the American south. On 2 December 1859, he became a martyr for the abolitionist cause.
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Antique 1st edition 1859 JOHN BROWN INVASION Harper\'s Ferry Tragedy IMPORTANT:
$209.00