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Informationen zum Autor By Louis DeCaro Jr. Klappentext Paired with Louis DeCaro's narrative of the aftermath, trial, and execution of John Brown in Freedom's Dawn: The Last Days of John Brown in Virginia, this book preserves the first-hand experience of Brown as he gave his life for the abolitionist cause. Zusammenfassung Paired with Louis DeCaro's narrative of the aftermath! trial! and execution of John Brown in Freedom's Dawn: The Last Days of John Brown in Virginia! this book preserves the first-hand experience of Brown as he gave his life for the abolitionist cause. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section I. "John Brown's Prison Letters"October 21 "Do Not Send An Ultra Abolitionist": Three Identical Letters, Requesting Legal Support October 31 "Thousands Are Thirsting For My Blood": His First Letter to His Wife and Family November 1 "God Will Surely Attend to His Own Cause": Response to an Anonymous Quaker (and) "Your Humble Servant, John Brown": Requesting Legal Aid for One of His MenNovember 4 "Do Persuade Her to Remain at Home": A Letter Urging that His Wife Not Come to Virginia (and) "You Can Do Me Immense Good Where You Are": Turning Down a Visit November 8 "Think Too of the Crushed Millions": A Letter to His Wife and FamilyNovember 10 "The Cause We Love": Another Letter to His WifeNovember 12 "I Am Worth Inconceivably More to Hang": A Letter to His BrotherNovember 15 "You Do Me More Than Justice": Letter to a Christian Admirer in Boston (and) "I Have Enjoyed Much of Life": A Letter to His Old TeacherNovember 16 "A Life of Some Experience & of Much Observation": A Fourth Letter to His WifeNovember 17 "Men Cannot Imprison, or Chain, or Hang the Soul": Letter to a Young AssociateNovember 19 "No Part of My Life Has Been More Happily Spent": Letter to a Supportive Cousin (and) "Do Not Grieve for My Fate": An Excerpt from Another Family LetterNovember 21 "This Is Just As It Should Be": A Fifth Letter to His WifeNovember 22"Worthy to Suffer for the Truth": A Letter to His Children in North Elba (and) "A Calm Peace Seems to Fill My Mind": A Letter to His Son and Daughter-in-Law in Ohio (and) "The Slaves We Took About the Ferry": A Letter to His Prosecutor (and) "Yours for God & the Right": Letter of Thanks to One of His "Secret Six"November 23 "There Are No Ministers of Christ Here": Letter to an Ohio ClergymanNovember 24 "Faithfully, Plainly & Kindly": Letter to a Friend of Means and Support (and) "I Am Getting More Letters Constantly": A Letter to His Young AttorneyNovember 25 "I Have No Reason to be Ashamed": A Letter to a Critical Relative (and) "I Know Lucretia Mott": Letter to a Philadelphia AbolitionistNovember 26 "The Time Passes Quite Pleasantly": A Sixth Letter to His Wife (and) "Down to the River of Death": A Letter of Thanks for a Generous GiftNovember 27 "Those Who Die for the Truth May Prove to Be Conquerors": Letter to a Friend's Daughter (and) A Missing Letter? (and) "I Am Weeping for Joy & Gratitude": A Letter to His SistersNovember 28 "New & Very Different Scenes": A Letter to An Ally and Supporter (and) "The Opportunity to Plead for the Right": Letter to an Ohio Judge (and) "After I Am Disposed Of": Another Letter to His Brother (and) "My Father's Estate": A Business LetterNovember 29 "Till 'I Have Showed His Power to This Generation'": A Warm Letter to a Clergyman (and) "When I Am Publicly Murdered": A Letter to a Prominent Woman (and) "I Have No Doubt But Both Are Dead": Letter to the Brother of a Fallen Raider (and) "The God of the Oppressed and the Poor": A Letter of Appreciation to An ActivistNovember 30 "My Dear Shattered & Broken Family": A Final Family Letter (and) "Time and Ability": Letter to the Sister of an Escaped Raider (and)"It is Out of My Power": A Letter to Another Supporter (and) "Gross and Intentional Misrepresentation": Letter to a Virginia EditorDecember 1 A Lost Letter to His Nieces (and) "Your Brother Farewell": A Last Lette...
