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John Brown Trial:
Selected Links
John Brown: A Bibliography
John
Brown and the Valley of the Shadow
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/jbrown/master.html
This site has some unique features such as:
Images of John
Brown's
"Fort"
at Harper's Ferry
http://www.nps.gov/hafe/jbfort.htm
It was in this building that John Brown and several of his followers
barricaded themselves during the final hours of their ill-fated raid of
October 16, 17, and 18, 1859.
The
Life, Trial and Execution of Captain John Brown
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/treatise/john_brown/john_brown.htm
An 1859 account posted by Yale Law School's Avalon Project.
John
Brown's Speech to the Court
http://www.nationalcenter.org/JohnBrown'sSpeech.html
This was John Brown's last speech during his trial by by the
Commonwealth
of Virginia
in Charlestown (now part of West Virginia).
Stephen
Oates on
John Brown (video)
http://www.nps.gov/hafe/jbrown/oates.htm
The audio and video clips shown here comprise an interview with Dr.
Stephen B. Oates conducted at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park on
June 30, 1994, on the occasion of the park's 50th Anniversary.
The
American
Experience: John Brown's Holy War
Excellent overview based on the PBS film
Timeline
of John Brown's Life
Excellent reference for the chronology of events leading up to the
hanging of John Brown.
John
Brown and the Valley of the Shadow
Detailed account of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
John
Brown/Boyd B.
Stutler Collection Collection
West Virginia State Archives: an excellent database of John Brown
related
images and documents
Search
the database with topic:John Brown
Trial and Execution
You will get
many cites to photos, but on the inner pages, the findings include:
TITLE: The Life, Trial and Execution of John
Brown
DATE: 1859
DESCRIPTION: Pamphlet, The Life, Trial and
Execution of
John
Brown, published by Robert M. De Witt. This pamphlet contains
information
on John Brown's earlier days in Kansas and continues on up to the time
of the execution after the Harpers Ferry raid. This record, pages
55-74,
covers first examination of the prisoners; trial of John Brown.
Includes
pictures of the attack on the Engine House and of John Brown returning
to prison after being sentenced to death. Pamphlet is 108 pages and is
bound in John Brown Pamphlets, Vol. 1, assembled by Boyd
Stutler.
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