Five for freedom : the African American soldiers in John Brown's army
Publication Information
Chicago, Illinois : Lawrence Hill Books, [2018]
Physical Description
xxi, 282 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Summary
"A close examination of the five African American soldiers in John Brown's army and the raid on Harpers Ferry"--
Contents
- Beginnings
- One bright hope: the Newbys of Virginia
- The Oberlin connection
- North to Canada
- The road to Harpers Ferry
- The raid
- Trial and punishment
- Remains of the day
- The aftermath
- Hapless Haywood Shepherd
- To preserve this sacred shrine
- Commemorations.
Subjects
- Antislavery movements > United States.
- African American abolitionists > History.
- Abolitionists > United States.
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) > History > John Brown's Raid, 1859.
- Newby, Dangerfield.
- Anderson, Osborne P. (Osborne Perry), 1830-1872.
- Copeland, John A. (John Anthony)
- Leary, Lewis Sheridan, 1835-1859.
- Green, Shields, 1836?-1859.
- Brown, John, 1800-1859.