The "colored hero" of Harpers Ferry : John Anthony Copeland and the war against slavery /
On the night of Sunday, October 16, 1859, hoping to bring about the eventual end of slavery, radical abolitionist John Brown launched an armed attack at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Among his troops, there were only five black men, who have largely been treated as little more than 'spear carriers&#...
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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