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The life, trial and execution of Captain John Brown: known as "old Brown of Ossawatomie," with a full account of the attempted insurrrection at Harper's Ferry

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Compiled from authentic and official sources. Including Cooke's confession and all the incidents.
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. Antislavery Movements
  3. Biography
  4. Brown, John, 1800 1859
  5. Charles Town
  6. Harper's Ferry (W. Va.)
  7. History
  8. John Brown's Raid, 1859
  9. Slaver
  10. Trials (Treason)
  11. Trials, Litigation, Etc
  12. United States
  13. West Virginia

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