Title: To Purge This Land with Blood
Subtitle: A Biography of John Brown
First published: 1970
Description: Lots of years after his epochal Harpers Ferry raid to free the slaves, John Brown is still one of the most controversial figures in American history. In 1970, Stephen B. Oates wrote what has come to be recognized as the definitive biography of Brown, a balanced assessment that captures the man in all his complexity.
Subjects: Abolitionists, Biography, Civil Rights, History, African Americans
Places: United States
People: John Brown (1800-1859)
Time periods: 1800-1859