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IN THIS ISSUE:
John Brown Sesquicentennial Schedule of Events
2009 Don Redman Heritage Concert
New John Brown Book by Brian McGinty
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1859 Raidon Harpers Ferry
Registration Open for John Brown Academic Symposium
The EventThe Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, along with other partners, is hosting John Brown Remembered, a multidisciplinary academic symposium on John Brown and his 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry. The four day symposium will be held at the Stephen T. Mather Training Center in Harpers Ferry, WV, from October 14 to 17, culminating on the 150th anniversary of the raid.
The symposium promises to stimulate new and diverse academic research, scholarship, and debate. Sponsors include Penn State University, Mont Alto Campus, the Harpers Ferry Historical Association, the Jefferson County NAACP, the National Parks Con-servation Association, and the John Brown Heritage Association. This project is being presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Keynote SpeakersA specialist in American legal history, race and the law, Dr. Paul Finkelman is a key organizer of the symposium and will help chair the symposium review committee. Dr. Finkelman is the author of more than 100 scholarly articles and more than 20 books. He is an expert in areas such as the law of slavery, constitutional law, and legal issues surrounding baseball.
A Fellow in Law and the Humanities at Harvard Law School, Dr. Finkelman re-ceived his Ph.D. and M.A. from the Uni-versity of Chicago. Prior to accepting a position at Albany Law School in 2006, he had been Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa College of Law since 1999. Dr. Finkelman has also held chairs at the University of Akron Law School, Cleveland-Marshall Law School and the University of Miami, and has taught at Hamline Law School, Chicago-Kent Col-lege of Law, Brooklyn Law School and the University of Texas at Austin. His work on legal history and constitutional law has been cited by numerous courts and in many ap-pellate briefs. He was a key expert witness in the Alabama Ten Commandments monu-ment case.
Dr. David W. Blight is a Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale Uni-versity. He previously taught at Amherst College for thirteen years. As of June 2004, he is Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale. Dr. Blight was a fellow at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Writers and Scholars, New York Public Library.
Dr. Blight is the author, editor, or co-editor of several books. His awards include the Bancroft Prize, the Abraham Lincoln Prize, and the Frederick Douglass Prize as well as four awards from the Organization of American Historians, including the Merle Curti prizes for both intellectual and social
Published for the Members and Friends of the Harpers Ferry Historical Association
Summer 2009
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The picture which appears on our newsletter’s nameplate, dating from 1803, is one of the oldest prints of Harpers Ferry. Twenty years earlier, in 1783, Thomas Jefferson had declared that this view was “worth a voyage across the Atlantic.”
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Armory Superintendent MembersJo (Kuhn) Curtis In memory of Jim Kuhn Brandywine, MDDr. Robert Johnson Harpers Ferry, WVRonald Jones Our Lady of Sorrows
School Farmington, MI
Paymaster MembersJim and Suzanne Silvia Taunton, MA & Harpers Ferry, WVMaureen Weber Falling Waters, WV
Master Armorer MembersAllison Alsdorf Harpers Ferry, WVKirk Bradley Sanford, NCDonald and Patricia Burgess Harpers Ferry, WVHon. and Mrs. Thomas Curtis and Family Baltimore, MDPeter Dessauer Harpers Ferry, WVKim and Frank Edwards Edgewood, MDWayne Hammond Saxton, PABruce Kramer Baltimore, MDAnne A. Long Myersville, MDCynthia K. Mason Baltimore, MDLinda Parks Washington, DCGeorge Rutherford Ranson, WVSteven and Barnette Savitz Teaneck, NJKaren, Terry, and Josh Willis Chestertown, MD
history. He frequently reviews books for the Washington Post Book World, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe and other newspapers, and has written many articles on abolitionism, American historical memory, and African-American intellectual and cultural history. Dr. Blight lectures widely on Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, and problems in public history and American historical memory.
A respected historian of the black American experience, Dr. Spencer R. Crew’s innova-tive museum exhibits have brought new life to American history. He is perhaps best known for his study of the Great Migra-tion—the massive movement of Southern blacks to Northern cities in the early twen-tieth century.
A 1971 graduate of Brown University, Dr. Crew taught history while earning his doctorate from Rutgers University in 1979. After teaching African-American and American history for more than seven years, Dr. Crew became an historian for the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History (NMAH). In 1987, he developed his first major exhibit for the NMAH and wrote the accompanying book, Field to Factory: Afro-American Migration 1915-1944, which inspired films, symposia, and several new books. In 1994, he became the first black director of the NMAH which he held until 2001 when Dr. Crew left the Smithsonian to become executive direc-tor and CEO of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 2007, Dr. Crew joined the staff of George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, where he is currently a Clarence J. Robinson pro-fessor of American, African-American and Public History. His plenary presentation will focus on John Brown, the abolitionist.
The PapersScholars and historians from seventeen states and Germany will be presenting fifty-nine papers in concurrent sessions at the symposium. Diverse topics will in-
clude the role Frederick Douglass played, the abolition movement in Kansas, John Brown’s men, the effect of his raid on the 1860 election, South Carolina’s and (West) Virginia’s responses, Brown’s effect on African-Americans, the religious and po-litical impact of his raid, the trial, and the problems of adapting John Brown’s story to the big screen. Presenters will also examine the women connected to Brown, including his wife, Mary Ann Day Brown, his daugh-ter, Annie Brown Adams, and even Julia Ward Howe. The women in his life will also be discussed by a direct descendent of John Brown.
Some of the colleges and universities rep-resented include Columbia University, the University of South Carolina, Howard University, the University of Kansas, and the University of Tuebingen, Germany. Each session will be one hour and 15 min-utes in length with three presenters, each giving 20 minute presentations, followed by a 15 minute question and answer period. For most session periods, there may be two, and possibly three, concurrent presentations.
The Field TripsSeveral activities outside of the Mather Training Center are planned for the sympo-sium. On Wednesday, October 14, a Park Ranger guided program will take place in the Lower Town district of Harpers Ferry. Participants will see key landmarks where the raid unfolded between the now peaceful Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. A recep-tion at the Harpers Ferry Historical Associa-tion Park Bookshop will follow the guided tour.
Thursday, October 15, will include a guided tour of Charles Town, West Virginia. Par-ticipants will visit the Jefferson County Historical Museum, the John Brown gallows site, and tour the John Blessing house. In 1859, John Frederick Blessing ran a bakery and confectionery in Charles Town and frequently visited Brown in jail. Before his execution Brown inscribed Blessing’s bible with “best wishes…and sincere thanks for many acts of kindness.” Blessing later served in the Confederate Quartermaster Depart-ment during the Civil War.2
That evening, a lecture on the trial of John Brown will be given by author and legal his-torian Brian McGinty at the Charles Town courthouse where the trial actually took place. McGinty is the author of Lincoln and the Court (Harvard University Press, 2008) which examines major Civil War Supreme Court cases and Lincoln’s interpretation of the Constitution and presidential power during war time. His new book, John Brown’s Trial (Harvard University Press, 2009), will be released in October (see page 8). The lec-ture is being sponsored by the West Virginia Humanities Council.
Following the lecture, the Charles Town Opera House will present “Sword of the Spirit,” a drama based on the letters be-tween John and Mary Brown.
An optional bus trip to Franklin County, Pennsylvania will be available to partici-pants on Friday, October 16. The tour in-cludes a stop in Chambersburg, PA to see the Mary Ritner House, where John Brown and raider John Henry Kagi took lodging as Brown planned the raid. Chambersburg will also include a stop at the jail where raider John Cook was housed after his capture, and the quarry site where Brown, Frederick Douglass, and raider Shields Green met in August, 1859.
After the quarry, the tour will proceed to Mont Alto to visit the historic chapel where Brown attended church. Stops will also
be made at the marker that designates the location of raider John Cook’s capture, the house of slave catcher Dan Logan (who cap-tured Cook), and the house of Hiram Wertz, a conductor on the Underground Railroad who unknowingly transported raider Al-bert Hazlett to Chambersburg. Dinner that evening will be held at the historic South Mountain Inn in Boonsboro, MD.
After dinner, the bus will stop at the Ken-nedy Farmhouse for those who wish to participate in a commemorative pilgrimage to Harpers Ferry. The five mile hike (sturdy shoes required) will follow the footsteps of Brown and his raiders from the farmhouse to the ferry. For those participants who wish to visit the farmhouse but not make the hike, a shuttle bus will provide transportation back to the visitor center. Friday evening will also have a viewing of the film “Santa Fe Trail” at the Mather Training Center. A discussion will follow.
The optional field trip to Franklin County is an additional cost.
Please call (304) 535-6881 or visit www.johnbrownraid.org for registration details, pricing, a symposium itinerary, registration form, and lodging information.
Recent DonationsMark Elrod and Judy Foulke Germantown, MDPat Rissler Charles Town, WVPikeside Lions Club Martinsburg, WV
Note of AppreciationThe Association would like to thank all of the past members who “came back to the Ferry” in 2009, and all of the members who have continually supported us through the years.
Dr. Paul Finkelman will deliver a plenary presentation on John Brown’s role as a martyr.
Dr. David Blight will present a plenary talk on John Brown’s role as a catalyst for the Civil War.
Dr. Spencer Crew will deliver a plenary presentation on John Brown, the abolitionist.
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2009 Don Redman Heritage ConcertAmerican jazz drummer Charli Persip was born in Morristown, NJ. Starting in his early twenties, he toured and recorded with Dizzie Gillespie’s big and small bands, Harry “Sweets” Edison’s quintet, and the Harry James Orchestra. In 1960 he formed his own group, the Jazz Statesmen. Persip has record-ed with several formidable jazz musicians including Lee Morgan, Dinah Washington, Melba Liston, Kenny Dorham, Zoot Sims, and Don Ellis. From 1960 to 1973 he toured as a drummer and conductor with Billy Eck-stine. Also an educator, Persip has been the drum and music instructor for New York’s Jazzmobile, Inc., and Associate Professor at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in Manhattan.
Howard Burns is a graduate of Howard Uni-versity and the Royal Conservatory of Mu-sic in Belgium. Since 1990 he has been the Music Instructor and Director for the Fred-erick Community College Jazz Ensemble. Burns has performed in many Jazz Festivals and Music Clinics throughout Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia, and West Vir-ginia, including the Don Redman Concert.
The Harpers Ferry Historical Association and the Jefferson County NAACP will sponsor the Eighth Annual Don Redman Heritage Awards and Concert at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, on the grounds of the Mather Training Center in Harpers Ferry. Jazz legends Phil Woods and Charli Persip will perform, along with Baltimore’s Howard Burns Quartet. Named for one of Storer College’s most successful graduates, the free concert celebrates jazz as an American cultural treasure.
Grammy winner Phil Woods is perhaps best known for his recorded alto sax permanence on Billy Joel’s “Just the Way You Are.” Born in Springfield, MA, Woods studied at the Manhattan School of Music and The Juil-liard School. After graduation, he quickly earned a reputation as the pre-eminent bop saxophonist of the day. He has recorded or performed with Quincy Jones, Buddy Rich, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Wes Montgomery, Gene Krupa, Benny Good-man, Paul Simon, and Aretha Franklin. In 1978 Woods co-founded the Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts. Every September the organization hosts an arts festival in the town of Delaware Gap.
Descendants Visit Harpers Ferry for Kick-off EventDescendants of Raider John Cook trav-eled from New Jersey, Georgia, Florida, and
California to be at the opening event of the John Brown Raid Ses-quicentennial: A Prelude to History: the Wedding of Virginia Kennedy. Those in attendance included three of Cook’s great-grandsons, a great-great-granddaughter, and a great-great-great-granddaughter. As part of their visit, the family members viewed a special John Cook exhibit and were treated to the dramatic presentation, My Conspirator by Cynthia Goetz, who dressed in period costume for her portrayal of John Cook’s sister, Katie. Ray Hansen, Cook’s oldest living de-
scendant, afterward told Goetz that her presentation under the tent “brought tears to my eyes.”
Visitors to the park that day also enjoyed activities centered on life in Harpers Ferry in 1859. Participants took a walking tour, milked a “cow,” planned an 1859 wedding, and helped the living history staff and vol-unteers host a reception. The John Brown Museum also held a special exhibit which focused on 19th century wedding traditions. The display included dresses, shoes, photos, quilts, and the all important wedding cake.
Standing (left to right): Camille Berkowitz and Ernie Hansen (great-grandson) of New Jersey; Sheila and Arthur Hansen (great-grandson) of California; Larry, Jean (great-great-granddaughter), and Jessica Linner (great-great-great-granddaughter) of Georgia.
Sitting: Ray (great-grandson) and Pat Han-sen of Florida.
Grammy winner Phil Woods is one of several performers who will participate in this year’s Don Redman Heritage Concert.
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Upcoming Sesquicentennial EventsFour states are planning events to com-memorate the 150th Anniversary of John Brown’s Raid. Please visit www.johnbrown-raid.org for further details. New events and press releases are being added frequently.
June 1 – October 31, 2009Exhibition, “From the First Shot to the Gallows: Winchester’s Involvement with the John Brown Raid”Sponsored by the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society, this exhibit focuses on rare artifacts that tell the story of Winchester’s involvement with the John Brown raid. Free admission. Monday – Saturday 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. Sunday 12:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. The Hollingsworth Mill,1360 S. Pleasant Valley Road, Win-chester, VA. Contact: Cissy Shull, (540) 662-6550, website: www.winchesterhistory.org.
June 1 – October 31, 2009Exhibition, “A Militia, A Medical College, and A Judge: Winchester’s Connection to the John Brown Raid”Designed by and for students, this exhibit focuses on Winchester’s connection to the John Brown Raid. Free admission. 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. daily except major holi-days. The Winchester-Frederick County Visitor’s Center in Davis Hall, 1400 S. Pleasant Valley Rd., Winchester, VA. Con-tact: Ann Denkler (540) 678-4334, www.visitwinchesterva.com.
June 7 – August 30, 2009“In the Footsteps of John Brown”Join a park ranger and discover that John Brown’s Raid actually covered several miles, over 30 buildings and hundreds of people. Discover some of these places and people on this two hour, two mile walking tour of Harpers Ferry. Sundays in June, July, and August, 11:00 A.M. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, (304) 535-6029, www.nps.gov/hafe.
June 27, July 25, August 22, 2009Tour of the John Blessing HouseJohn Frederick Blessing was a local baker and confectioner who befriended John Brown during his imprisonment in Charles
Town. Prior to his execution, Brown in-scribed and presented his jailhouse bible to Blessing. The Blessing house is now owned by the Jefferson County Black History Pres-ervation Society. Currently the house is not open to the public on a regular basis. Join a guide for a special sesquicentennial tour of the John Blessing house. 10:00 A.M. 303 East North Street, Charles Town, WV. Con-tact: George Rutherford, (304) 725-9610, jeffctywvblackhistory.org.
June 28, July 26, August 23, 2009John Brown Walking Tour of Charles Town, Jefferson CountyJoin a guide for a two-hour walking tour of John Brown related sites in Charles Town. Sponsored by the Jefferson County Black History Preservation Society. Meet at 2:00 P.M. at the Jefferson County Courthouse, Charles Town, WV. Contact: James Tolbert, (304) 725-7852, jeffctywvblackhistory.org.
June 30, 2009John Brown at HagerstownAn afternoon outdoor concert and an evening presentation by Historian Stephen Bockmiller. The concert will feature songs based on the story of John Brown, his friends and his supporters. All material written and preformed by Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino. The presenta-tion will be held in the Academy Theatre Banquet and Conference Center, and will feature the story behind the capture of John Brown, Robert E. Lee and the US Marines. Concert: 4:00 P.M. University Plaza, 50 West Washington Street, Hagerstown, MD. Contact: James Neville (301) 791-3132 or Tom Riford (301) 791-3246. Presenta-tion: 7:00 P.M. Academy Theatre Banquet & Conference Center, 58 E. Washington St, Hagerstown, MD. Contact: Tom Riford (301) 791-3246. www.marylandmemories.com; www.washingtoncountyarts.com.
July 12, 2009Kennedy Farm Open HouseThe 150th anniversary of the arrival of “Isaac Smith” and sons. The afternoon will include tours, demonstrations and refresh-
Please visit www.john-brownraid.org for further details. New events and press releases are being added frequently.
John Brown, May 1859. The portrait is a copy of an original photograph by J.W. Black of Boston, Mass. Brown appears standing with a long beard, long-tail coat, vest, and trousers. (Harpers Ferry NHP).
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Sesquicentennial EventsContinued from Page 5ments. Sponsored by Kennedy Farm Foun-dation. 12:00 – 4:00 P.M. 2406 Chestnut Grove Rd, Sharpsburg, MD. Contact: Todd Bolton (304) 535-6026. www.johnbrown.org/toc.htm.
July 25, 2009“Slavery, the Abolitionist Movement and Reflections of Jefferson”An insightful dramatic presentation on the issue of slavery featuring Jim Getty as Abra-ham Lincoln and Bill Barker as Thomas Jef-ferson. 1:00 P.M. & 3:00 P.M. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, (304) 535-6029. www.nps.gov/hafe.
August 8-9, 2009Frederick Militia & Fire Company DaysThe city of Frederick will celebrate the mili-tia support provided to Virginia in response to John Brown’s Raid. The support came from the militia companies that were part of the city’s fire companies. The event will include lectures, living history demonstra-tions, antique fire equipment and a down-town outdoor celebration along Carroll Creek. 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. Linear Park at Carroll Creek, Frederick, MD. Contact: George Wunderlich (301) 695-1864. www.civilwarmed.org/index.cfm.
August 14, 2009“Perfect Steel Trap”TGIF program featuring Fred Morsell as Frederick Douglass on the Courthouse steps. Evening activities include a reception and a gospel concert followed by an encore perfor-mance by Fred Morsell. 12:00 P.M. & 6:30 P.M. Courthouse Steps & Capital Theater, Chambersburg, PA. Contact: Ann Hull (717) 264-1667. pafch.tripod.com.
August 14, 2009Descendants ReceptionA reception and program to honor the descendants of John Brown’s Raid sponsored by the Jefferson County NAACP. 6:30 P.M. Charles Town Visitor Center, 108 N. George St, Charles Town, WV. Contact: Lyn Widmyer (304) 725-4326. www.harpers-ferrywv.net/NAACP.htm.
August 15, 200916th Annual African American Cultural Heritage FestivalTheme of this year’s parade will be to honor the descendants of John Brown’s Raid 12:00 P.M. West Washington St, Charles Town, WV. Contact: George Rutherford, (304) 725-9610. www.harpersferrywv.net/NAACP.htm.
August 15, 2009“Dinner with John Brown & Frederick Douglass”Dinner with John Brown and Frederick Douglass - A Franklin County Historical Society - Kittochtinny Event at Quincy Vil-lage, Quincy, PA. Contact: Ann Hull (717) 264-1667. pafch.tripod.com.
Above: Kennedy Farm.
Below: Jim Getty as Abraham Lincoln.
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August 19, 21, 2009“John Brown’s Body”An adaptation of the epic poem by Stephen Vincent Benet, sponsored by the Harpers Ferry Town Foundation. Camp Hill United Methodist Church, Harpers Ferry, WV. Contact: Betsy Bainbridge (304) 535-2030. www.harpersferryfoundation.org.
August 29 – September 26, 2009Wayside Theatre’s production of Robert E. Lee & John Brown, Lighting the FuseA historical drama with music, this two act stage production focuses on John Brown and his infamous raid on Harpers Ferry,
and Robert E. Lee, who was assigned to quash Brown’s attempted rebellion. Both men became and remain major symbols of this uniquely American conflict. Warner Crocker, Wayside Theatre’s Artistic Direc-tor, wrote the play first produced in 2004, and Steve Przybylski composed the music. 7853 Main Street, Middletown, VA. Con-tact: Cephe Place (540) 869-1776. www.waysidetheatre.org.
For a schedule of non-sesquicentennial Park events call 304-535-6029 or visit the park website at www.nps.gov/hafe.
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❏ I wish to join the Harpers Ferry Historical Association (new member)❏ I wish to renew my membership (renewal)
Please enroll me in the following member category (check one):❏ $25 Armory Worker – Basic membership for a family household.
Benefits include a newsletter subscription, a 15% discount on all bookshop purchases, a vinyl decal, and invitations to annual meeting and events.
❏ $25 Sarah Jane Foster – An alternative basic membership for edu-cators. Benefits include the above plus open house for teachers and discounts on programs for teachers.
❏ $45 Millwright – For those members who are frequent visitors to the park. Benefits are the same as Armory Worker category plus a 12-month Harpers Ferry Park entrance pass.
❏ $100 Master Armorer – A supporting membership category. In-cludes all benefits of the Millwright category plus a “John Brown’s Fort” ornament of the Harpers Ferry Train Station, member recogni-tion in our newsletter and at our annual meeting, and a special tour.
❏ $250 Paymaster – For businesses, vendors or family donors who wish to contribute to the Association’s mission. Benefits include 15% discount on all bookshop purchases; a newsletter subscription; vinyl decal; invitations to annual meetings, events, and association-sponsored education programs; a 12-month park pass; “John Brown’s Fort” ornament; recognition in newsletter and at annual meeting; special tour; and additional membership card.
❏ $500 Armory Superintendent – For supporters (individual and corporate) who wish to perpetuate Association and Park education programs. Benefits include 15% discount on all bookshop purchases, a newsletter subscription, vinyl decals, invitations to annual meet-ing, events, and education programs, “John Brown’s Fort” ornament, recognition in the newsletter and at annual meeting, special tour, an Amercia the Beautiful pass (for use in all parks) for individuals, and a display plaque for businesses.
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John Brown’s Trial by Brian McGintyMixing idealism with violence, abolitionist John Brown cut a wide swath across the United States before winding up in Virginia, where he led an attack on the U.S. armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Supported by a “pro-visional army” of 21 men, Brown hoped to rouse the slaves in Virginia to rebel-lion. But he was quickly captured and, after a short but stormy trial, hanged on December 2, 1859.
Brian McGinty provides the first comprehensive account of the trial, which raised important questions about jurisdiction, judicial fairness, and the nature of treason under the American constitution-al system. After the jury returned its guilty verdict, an appeal was quickly disposed of, and the governor of Virginia refused to grant clemency. Brown met his death not as an enemy of the American people but as an enemy of Southern slaveholders.
Historians have long cred-ited the Harpers Ferry raid with rousing the country to a fever pitch of sectionalism and accelerating the onset of the Civil War. McGinty sees Brown’s trial, rather than his raid, as the real turning point in the struggle between North and South. If Brown had been killed in Harpers Ferry (as he nearly was), or condemned to death in a summary court-martial, his raid would have had little effect. Because he survived to
stand trial before a Virginia judge and jury, and argue the case against slavery with an eloquence that reverberated around the world, he became a symbol of the struggle to abolish slavery and a martyr to the cause of freedom.
John Brown’s Trial (Harvard University Press, 2009) will be released in October.
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The Harpers Ferry Historical Association operates the Na-tional Park Bookshop in Lower Town Harpers Ferry. Profits from sales are returned to the park to support inter pretive and educational programs to enhance your visit. You are invited to join this unique organization and be a part of Harpers Ferry’s special family. For more information call (304) 535-6881, send e-mail to [email protected], or visit our website at www.harpersferryhistory.org.
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