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A John Brown Reader - (Dover Thrift Editions) by Dover Publications & John Brown & Frederick Douglass & W E B Du Bois (Paperback)

A John Brown Reader - (Dover Thrift Editions) by  Dover Publications & John Brown & Frederick Douglass & W E B Du Bois (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"This Dover edition, first published in 2021, is a new selection reprinted from standard texts. Misspellings, minor inconsistencies, and other style vagaries derive from the original texts and have been retained for the sake of authenticity. A new introductory Note has been specially prepared for this edition."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This original collection gathers a remarkably diverse body of literature about John Brown, the strident anti-slavery leader. Besides a selection of letters by the abolitionist himself, the book includes a significant excerpt from W. E. B. Du Bois's biography, <i>John Brown</i>, addresses by Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau, poetry by Louisa May Alcott and Herman Melville, and much more.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>John Brown (1800-1859) was an American abolitionist. Brown advocated the use of armed insurrection to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States. He first gained national attention when he led small groups of volunteers during the Bleeding Kansas crisis of 1856.

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