The Secret Six: The True Tale of the Men Who Conspired with John Brown
Description
Most Americans know that John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia -- a raid he believed would ignite a bloody slave revolution -- was one of the events that sparked the Civil War. But very few know the story of how Brown was covertly aided by a circle of prosperous and privileged Northeasterners who supplied him with money and weapons, and, before the raid, even hid him in their homes while authorities sought Brown on a murder charge. These men called themselves the Secret Six.The Secret Six included Thomas Wentworth Higginson, minister, author, and editor of the Atlantic Monthly; ...
ISBN(s)
051759028X, 9780517590287
