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Articles on John Brown

"An 'ever present bone of contention': The Heyward Shepherd Memorial"
by Mary Johnson

"The Historical Authenticity of John Brown's Raid in Stephen Vincent Benet's 'John Brown's Body'"
by Mary Lynn Richardson

"John Brown and the Oberlin Lands"
by Boyd B. Stutler

"John Brown at Harpers Ferry: A Contemporary Analysis"
by Lawrence F. Barmann

"John Brown: They Had a Concern"
by Jeannette Mather Lord

"John Brown's Fort"
by Clarence S. Gee

"John Brown's Raid At Harpers Ferry and Governor Henry Alexander Wise's Letter to President James Buchanan Concerning the Invasion"
by Isaiah A. Woodward

"Legal Phases of the Trial of John Brown"
by Daniel C. Draper

"The Martyrdom of John Brown"
by Charles A. Jellison

"Plan for John Brown's Escape: 1859"
by Isaiah A. Woodward

"Re-evaluating John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry"
by Karen Whitman


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