John Brown

First published in 1909, W.E.B. Du Bois's biography of abolitionist John Brown is a literary and historical classic. With a rare combination of scholarship and passion, Du Bois defends Brown against all detractors who saw him as a fanatic, fiend, or traitor. Brown emerges as a rich personality, fully understandable as an unusual leader with a deeply religious outlook and a devotion to the cause of freedom for the slave.

This new edition is enriched with an introduction by John David Smith and with supporting documents relating to Du Bois's correspondence with his publisher.

Series Foreword

ix

Paul Finkelman

Introduction

xi

John David Smith

Preface

xxv

Chronology

xxvii

Africa and America

1

(3)

The Making of the Man

4

(4)

The Wanderjahre

8

(11)

The Shepherd of the Sheep

19

(14)

The Vision of the Damned

33

(25)

The Call of Kansas

58

(12)

The Swamp of the Swan

70

(28)

The Great Plan

98

(19)

The Black Phalanx

117

(20)

The Great Black Way

137

(18)

The Blow

155

(17)

The Riddle of the Sphinx

172

(14)

The Legacy of John Brown

186

(17)

Bibliography

203

(2)

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