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Table of Contents


Introduction
Chapter One: Childhood and Early Adult Years
Chapter Two: Springfield and North Elba
Chapter Three: The Abolitionist Calling
Chapter Four: To "defeat Satan and his legions" in Kansas
Chapter Five: Bleeding Kansas
Chapter Six: The Eastern Connection
Chapter Seven: Preparing to "take the war into Africa"
Chapter Eight: Harpers Ferry
Chapter Nine: Final Preparations
Chapter Ten: The Raid
Chapter Eleven: The Commonwealth of Virginia v. John Brown and His Men
Chapter Twelve: Death and Burial
Chapter Thirteen: Toward Civil War
Chapter Fourteen: His Soul Goes Marching On

Primary Documents
Images

John Brown Lesson Plans

Sources Consulted

For Additional Study
John Brown/Boyd B. Stutler Collection Database (West Virginia Archives and History Memory Project)
Further Reading


West Virginia Archives and History