John Brown
Subtitle: a biography
By: by W.E.B. Du Bois.
Contributors: Smith, John David, 1949-
Edition: A new ed. with primary documents and introduction / by John David Smith.
Series: American history through literature
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Brown, John, 1800-1859; Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Philosophy
Genres: Biography.
Description: This new edition of Du Bois's John Brown includes the text of the original 1909 edition and is accompanied by a major introduction that underscores Du Bois's intellectual and emotional debt to the martyred abolitionist. John David Smith's introduction asks new questions about Brown's influence on Du Bois's emerging thoughts on race and society. Smith also provides contextualizing documents, including letters from Brown to his family and Frederick Douglass's account of his last meeting with Brown.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-215) and index.