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Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to Forest H. Sweet

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Sweet, Forest H

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Concerning John Brown's reasons for choosing Harpers Ferry as the location of his raid and his expectation of support from Northern African Americans involved with the Underground Railroad.
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  1. Brown, John 1800 1859

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