Title
John Brown's Trial / Brian McGinty.
ISBN
9780674054226
Published
Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (384 p.)
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.7/116
Summary
Mixing 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 "provisional army" of 21 men, Brown hoped to rouse the slaves in Virginia to rebellion. 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 constitutional system.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023)
Frontmatter
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1 TO FREE THE SLAVES
2 CARRYING THE WAR INTO AFRICA
3 FRAMING THE CHARGES
4 THE INDICTMENT
5 THE JURY IS SUMMONED
6 THE TESTIMONY BEGINS
7 THE NAME AND THE SHADOW OF A FAIR TRIAL
8 THE QUIET WAS DECEPTIVE
9 THE VERDICT
10 THE SENTENCE
11 THE EXECUTION
12 MARCHING ON
NOTES
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