A Plea For Captain John Brown
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN13:
9781532781513
$10.57
A Plea For Captain John Brown written by Henry David Thoreau is an essay based on a speech that Henry David Thoreau gave on October 30th, 1859, approximately two weeks after John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. The essay gives insight into many subject areas which include; history, United States, America, Civil War, revolution & founding, and abolitionist. John Brown an abolitionist, and twenty-one other men seized the federal armory at Harper's Ferry hoping to arm slaves and create a violent rebellion against the south. While the raid which many viewed at the time as a failure, resulted in many deaths and led to John Brown's execution, it was the raid and John Brown's subsequent execution which propelled the American Civil War. A Plea For Captain John Brown by Henry David Thoreau will give readers a unique glimpse into history, the United States, America, Civil War, revolution & founding, and abolitionist.
- | Author: Henry David Thoreau
- | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Apr 20, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 26 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1532781512
- | ISBN-13: 9781532781513
- Author:
- Henry David Thoreau
- Publisher:
- CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication Date:
- Apr 20, 2016
- Number of pages:
- 26 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1532781512
- ISBN-13:
- 9781532781513