Five for freedom : the African American soldiers in John Brown's army / Eugene L. Meyer.

Title:

ISBN:

9781613735749

Personal Author:

Meyer, Eugene L.

Publication Information:

Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, [2021]

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

General Note:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Contents:

Beginnings -- One bright hope -- The Oberlin connection -- North to Canada -- The road to Harpers Ferry -- The raid -- Trial and punishment -- Remains of the day -- The aftermath -- Hapless Haywood Shepherd -- To preserve this sacred shrine -- Commemorations.

Summary:

Chronicles the story of John Copeland, Shields Green, Dangerfield Newby, Lewis Leary, and Osborne Perry Anderson, five African American men who participated in John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. Details their early lives, the events of the raid, and their legacies. Includes black-and-white photographs.

Personal Subject:

Newby, Dangerfield.

Anderson, Osborne P. (Osborne Perry), 1830-1872.

Copeland, John A. (John Anthony)

Leary, Lewis Sheridan, 1835-1859.

Green, Shields.

Brown, John, 1800-1859

Geographic Term:

Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859

Subject Term:

African American abolitionists -- History 19th century

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