The 'Colored Hero' of Harper's Ferry John Anthony Copeland and the War Against Slavery |
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| Author:
| Lubet, Steven |
| ISBN: | 978-1-139-87207-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2015 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | AUD $200.00 |
Book Description:
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The black men who joined John Brown at Harpers Ferry have been treated as little more than 'spear carriers' by Brown's many biographers and other historians of the antebellum era. This book brings one such man, John Anthony Copeland, directly to center stage.
The black men who joined John Brown at Harpers Ferry have been treated as little more than 'spear carriers' by Brown's many biographers and other historians of the antebellum era. This book brings one such man, John Anthony Copeland, directly to center stage.