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Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War (Hardback)
$28.69 - Save $1.51 (4%) - RRP $30.20 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Midnight RisingPlotted in secret, launched in the dark, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was a pivotal moment in US history. But few Americans know the true story of the men and women who launched a desperate strike at the slaveholding South. This title portrays Brown's uprising in vivid colour, revealing a country on the brink of explosive conflict.
Full description- Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Inc
- Published: 14 November 2011
- Format: Hardback 384 pages
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- Categories: History Of The Americas | Slavery & Abolition Of Slavery | Military History | American Civil War
- ISBN 13: 9780805091533 ISBN 10: 080509153X
- Sales rank: 168,349
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Full description for Midnight Rising
Plotted in secret, launched in the dark, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was a pivotal moment in U.S. history. But few Americans know the true story of the men and women who launched a desperate strike at the slaveholding South. Now, "Midnight Rising" portrays Brown's uprising in vivid colour, revealing a country on the brink of explosive conflict. Brown, the descendant of New England Puritans, saw slavery as a sin against America's founding principles. Unlike most abolitionists, he was willing to take up arms, and in 1859, he prepared for battle at a hideout in Maryland, joined by his teenage daughter, three of his sons, and a guerrilla band that included former slaves and a dashing spy. On October 17, the raiders seized Harpers Ferry, stunning the nation and prompting a counterattack led by Robert E. Lee. After Brown's capture, his defiant eloquence galvanized the North and appalled the South, which considered Brown a terrorist. The raid also helped elect Abraham Lincoln, who later began to fulfil Brown's dream with the Emancipation Proclamation, a measure he called "a John Brown raid, on a gigantic scale."
