Creating the John Brown legend

Emerson, Thoreau, Douglass, Child, and Higginson in defense of the raid on Harpers Ferry

By Janet Kemper Beck

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Publish Date

2009

Publisher

McFarland & Co.

Language

eng

Pages

206

Description:

"Early press reaction to John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry ranged from indignant horror in the South to stunned disbelief in the North. Brown's few supporters came from diverse perspectives and wielded great power with their pens: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and Lydia Maria Child"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Brown, john, 1800-1859, Public opinion, united states, Harpers ferry (w. va.), history, john brown's raid, 1859, Public opinion, Influence, History