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Virginia's Reactions To John Brown's Raid On Harper's Ferry, October 16-18, 1859, Linda Mcintosh
Virginia's Reactions To John Brown's Raid On Harper's Ferry, October 16-18, 1859, Linda Mcintosh
Honors Theses
The purpose of this thesis is show Virginia's reactions to John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, not to John Brown, the man. For this reason the writer will being with a brief identification of John Brown, followed by a statement of his purpose in invading Harper's Ferry and a description of the raid itself. The rest of the paper will be devoted to Virginia's reactions to the invasion. No attention will be given to the proceedings of Brown's trail, the question his sanity, or reactions to Brown's execution. Information on these topics may obtained from either Stephen Oates's To Purge …