Article: Reynolds, David S. John Brown, abolitionist; the man who killed slavery, sparked the Civil War, and seeded Civil Rights.(Young adult review)(Book review)

REYNOLDS, David S. John Brown, abolitionist; the man who killed slavery, sparked the Civil War, and seeded Civil Rights. Random House, Vintage. 578p. illus. notes. index. c2005. 0-375-72615-2. $16.95. A

John Brown, with his bristling beard, fierce expression, and unyielding opposition to slavery, has always been the perfect icon of the nation's headlong rush into the abyss of the Civil War. After his gallant and completely foolhardy raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, virtually every person in the US lined up solidly on one side or another of the Great Question. By the time he was finally hanged, by the hand of Robert E. Lee, no less, there was no going ...

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