The Tribunal: Responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid
The Tribunal represents an invaluable addition to the current body of work on John Brown—the controversial, white abolitionist who was hanged after his failed attempt to end slavery by attacking Harpers Ferry in 1859. The title does not refer to the Virginia jury, which found Brown guilty of murder,...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2014, Volume: 56, Issue: 3, Pages: 597-599 |
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| Summary: | The Tribunal represents an invaluable addition to the current body of work on John Brown—the controversial, white abolitionist who was hanged after his failed attempt to end slavery by attacking Harpers Ferry in 1859. The title does not refer to the Virginia jury, which found Brown guilty of murder, treason, and conspiring to incite a slave insurrection. Rather, it references Brown's query in a letter written prior to his execution: “I leave it to an impartial tribunal to decide whether the world has been the worse or the better of my living and dying in it” (p. xix). |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csu046 |