Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War Hardcover – Bargain Price

by Tony Horwitz

  Beallair estate

  Beckham, Fontaine

  Ben (Allstadt slave)

  Berghaus, Alfred

  Bible

  Black Band of New York

  Black Jack, Battle of

  blacks. See also specific individuals

  Brown seeks support of

  citizenship rights and

  Civil War and

  education of

  as Harpers Ferry raiders

  Lincoln and

  Martyr’s Day and

  northern states exclude

  population of Harpers Ferry and

  recolonization and

  Reconstruction and

  stereotypes of

  Blair, Charles

  Blessing, John

  “Blow Ye the Trumpet, Blow” (hymn)

  Boerly, Thomas

  Booth, John Wilkes

  Border Ruffians

  Boston

  Brown hanging and

  Fugitive Slave Act and

  Brooks, Preston

  Brown, Albert

  Brown, Annie (daughter)

  Civil War and

  after Civil War

  death of

  death of Martha and

  death of Stevens and

  Harpers Ferry raid and

  at Kennedy farm

  Brown, Charles (son)

  Brown, Dianthe Lusk (first wife)

  Brown, Ellen (daughter)

  Brown, Frederick (grandson)

  Brown, Frederick (son)

  Kansas raids and death of

  mental problems of

  Brown, Isabella “Belle” Thompson (daughter-in-law, Watson’s wife)

  Brown, Jason (son)

  Brown’s will and

  Kansas and

  Brown, Jeremiah (brother)

  Brown, John

  abolitionists and

  aliases of

  Americans choose sides over

  Anderson’s tribute to

  anonymous letter to Floyd on plans of

  appearance of

  arrives at Harpers Ferry

  articles published by

  autobiographical letter of

  birth and early life of

  blacks and

  Blair forges pikes for

  Booth and

  B & O president and

  capture and jailing of

  Chatham Convention and

  children and family of

  Civil War as aim of

  Civil War prophesied by

  Cook reconnoiters Harpers Ferry for

  death of children and

  death of father and

  death of first wife Dianthe and

  death of mother and

  death of son Frederick and

  death of sons at Harpers Ferry and

  Declaration of Liberty and

  destruction of slavery as aim of

  Douglass and

  Emerson on

  European trip and

  failure admitted by

  farming by

  final letters of, and martyrdom

  financial mismanagement and

  first opposes slavery

  first vows to carry battle to South

  Forbes’s blackmail attempt and

  free blacks and

  fugitive slaves and

  fundraising and speaking by

  funeral of

  Garrison and

  Gideon as model for

  guns first acquired by

  hanging awaited by, and visits

  hanging of

  Harpers Ferry first targeted by

  Harpers Ferry negotiations for surrender and

  Harpers Ferry plan of, aided by John, Jr.

  Harpers Ferry plan of, and preparations

  Harpers Ferry plan of, opposed by family

  Harpers Ferry raid and actions of

  hideout of, today

  hostages taken by

  Howe hymn and

  Hughes on

  illness of

  Indians and

  Iowa recruiting by

  Kansas free-staters and

  Kansas raids by

  Kansas recruiting by

  Kennedy Farm and Chambersburg areas found by

  Kennedy farm documents and

  Kennedy Farm recruits and

  League of Gildeadites and

  legacy of

  letters of

  Lincoln and

  marries Dianthe Lusk

  marries Mary Day

  Mary’s illness and

  Mary visits, before hanging

  memory of, in Harpers Ferry

  mental state of

  military strategies of

  Missouri raids by

  Moses as model for

  moves to North Elba

  moves to Pennsylvania

  pacifism and

  personality of

  phrenology and

  religion and Bible and

  remains of

  rescue of, feared in Virginia

  Sacred Instrument of

  Samson as model for

  Sanborn and

  Secret Six and

  son Salmon on intentions of

  sons fight with

  Southern crusade planned by, after Kansas

  speech of, before sentencing

  surviving sons of

  Thompsons join crusade of

  Thoreau’s defense of

  tomb of

  trial of

  Turner revolt and

  will of

  wool trade and

  Brown, John, Jr. (son)

  Brown’s hanging and

  Brown’s will and

  early life of

  Harpers Ferry support by

  hunt for

  Kansas and

  mental problems of

  sister Annie and

  Brown, Capt. John (grandfather)

  Brown, Martha (daughter-in-law, Oliver’s wife)

  death of

  Kennedy farm and

  Brown, Mary Day (second wife)

  abolitionist fund and

  Brown’s early abolitionism and

  Brown and sons’ remains and

  Brown’s trial and

  death of Oliver and Martha and

  early marriage and family and

  Emancipation and

  Harper Ferry plans and

  health of

  Lee and

  moves to California

  moves to North Elba

  visits Brown before hanging

  Brown, Olive (granddaughter)

  Brown, Oliver (son)

  Harpers Ferry raid and death of

  Kansas and

  Kennedy farm and raid plans and

  marriage to Martha

  remains of

  Salmon’s warning to

  Brown, Owen (father)

  abolitionism and

  Brown in Kansas and

  death of

  Oberlin and

  Brown, Owen (son)

  Brown’s will and

  Civil War and

  death of

  escape of

  Harpers Ferry plan and

  Kansas and

  Brown, Ruth (daughter). See Thompson, Ruth Brown

  Brown, Ruth Mills (mother)

  Brown, Salmon (son)

  on Harpers Ferry

  Kansas and

  Brown, Sarah (daughter)

  Brown, Watson (son)

  death of

  Harpers Ferry raid and

  Kennedy Farm and

  Salmon’s warning to

  remains of

  widow of

  Brown, Wealthy (daughter-in-law, John, Jr.’s wife)

  Brua, Joseph

  Buchanan, James

  Buford, Jefferson

  Burns, Anthony

  Butler, Andrew

  Byrne, Terence

  Byron, Lord

  Calhoun, John

  California


  Calvinism

  Campbell, William

  Canada

  Cannibals All (Fitzhugh)

  Case, Lora

  Central America

  Chambers, George

  Chambers, Jennie

  Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

  Douglass meets with Brown at

  Charlestown, Virginia

  Harpers Ferry trials held in

  Charlestown Independent Democrat

  Charlestown militia

  Chatham Convention

  Chesnut, Mary

  Chicago Press and Tribune

  Child, Lydia Maria

  “Civil Disobedience” (Thoreau)

  civil rights struggle

  Civil War

  Brown’s hope to spark

  Brown’s raiders serve in

  black fighters in

  Harpers Ferry raid as beginning of

  impact of, on Harpers Ferry

  outbreak of

  Committee of Management

  Compromise of 1850

  Confederate Army

  Confederate States of America

  Conklyn, Charles

  Cook, John

  blacks and

  Brown’s hanging and

  capture of

  confession of

  hanging of

  Harpers Ferry reconnoitered by

  Harpers Ferry raid and

  marriage of

  trial of

  Cook, Virginia

  Copeland, John

  Brown’s hanging and

  hanging of

  trial of

  Coppoc, Barclay

  Civil War and

  escape of

  Harpers Ferry raid and

  Coppoc, Edwin

  Brown’s hanging and

  hanging of

  Harpers Ferry raid and

  recruited

  trial of

  cotton trade

  “Courage” (Emerson)

  Cromwell, Oliver

  Cuba

  Currie, Lind

  Custis, George Washington

  Dana, Richard Henry

  Daniels, Jim

  Davis, Jefferson

  Davis, J. Lucius

  Declaration of Independence

  “Declaration of Liberty, A” (Brown manifesto)

  Delany, Dr. Martin

  Democratic Party

  Dickinson, Emily

  doughfaces

  Douglas, Stephen

  Douglass, Frederick

  Brown’s arrest and

  debates Brown at Chambersburg

  Kennedy farm letters and

  Lincoln and

  meets Brown

  speech at Harpers Ferry

  Doyle, Drury

  Doyle, James

  Doyle, John

  Doyle, Mahala

  Doyle, William

  Dred Scott case

  Dunbar, Jennie

  Dutch Henry’s Crossing

  Emancipation Proclamation

  Emerson, Ralph Waldo

  Epps, Lyman

  Filibuster, The (play)

  filibusters

  Fillmore, Millard

  Fitzhugh, George

  Floyd, John

  Forbes, Hugh

  Forbes, John

  Fort Sumter

  Fouke, Christine

  Fowler, Orson

  Franklin, Benjamin

  Frederick militia

  Frederick the Great, King of Prussia

  free blacks

  African resettlement and

  Brown works Smith land with

  Chambersburg and

  Chatham Convention and

  as Harpers Ferry residents

  sold into slavery

  Springfield, Massachusetts, and

  Virginia laws on

  Freedmen’s Bureau

  Freemasons

  free-soil movement

  free vs. slave states

  Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

  fugitive slaves

  Brown family and

  Civil War and

  Kansas and

  Garibaldi, Giuseppe

  Garrison, William Lloyd

  Brown’s hanging and

  founds AASS

  Fugitive Slave Act and

  on Harpers Ferry raid

  pacifism of

  Turner revolt and

  “General Orders” (Kagi document)

  Gettysburg Address

  Gideon

  Gill, George

  Graham, Sylvester

  Greeley, Horace

  Green, Israel

  Green, Shields

  Brown hanging and

  execution of

  Harpers Ferry raid and

  joins Brown’s recruits

  trial of

  Haiti

  Hall, John

  Harpers Ferry. See also Brown, John; and individual conspirators, landmarks, politicians, raiders, and soldiers

  armory at, today

  armory established at

  Brown chooses, as target

  Brown reveals plan for, to Douglass

  Brown reveals plan for, to recruits

  Brown’s negotiations for surrender and

  Brown’s preparations for, at Kennedy farm

  burning of, in Civil War

  Civil War as Brown’s goal at

  Cook reconnoiters

  documents captured at, and conspiracy fears

  Douglass speaks in, after war

  fears of slaves and northerners after

  federal troops storm

  40th anniversary of raid in

  Hughes on

  industry in

  legacy and aftermath of

  Lincoln and

  maps of

  news leaks of raid at

  Northern reaction to raid on

  150th anniversary of

  post–Civil War

  raid and early fighting in

  raiders captured or killed at

  raiders escape from

  raiders executed

  raiders jailed and tried

  Salmon Brown on debacle at

  Storer College for blacks in

  as symbol in civil rights struggle

  Thoreau on

  war secretary Floyd warned of

  Harpers Ferry, Battle of (1862)

  Harper’s Weekly

  Harris, James

  Hawthorne, Nathaniel

  Hazlett, Albert

  reburied at North Elba

  trial and execution of

  “Heroism” (Emerson)

  Higgins, Patrick

  Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

  Hinton, Richard

  Hooff, James

  Houston, Sam

  Howe, Julia Ward

  Howe, Samuel Gridley

  Hoyt, George

  Huffmaster, Mrs.

  Hughes, Langston

  Humphrey, Rev. Herman

  Hunter, Andrew

  Hunter, Henry

  Indians

  industrialization

  interracial marriage

  Jackson, Andrew

  Jackson, Thomas J. “Stonewall”

  James, Henry

  Jefferson, Thomas

  Jefferson County, Virginia

  Jim (coachman)

  Jim Crow

  John Brown Fund

  “John Brown Song,”

  Journal of Commerce

  Kagi, John Henry (alias “Mr. Henrie”)

  death of

  Harpers Ferry raid and

  Kennedy farm and

  Kansas

  Bleeding

  Brown moves to

  Brown recruits in

  Brown’s raids in

  calming of

  free-staters vs. proslavery forces in

  proslavery constitution and

  proslavery legislature and

  Salmon Brown and

  Kansas Committee

  Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) />
  Kennedy farm

  documents found at

  raiders gather at

  Kitzmiller, Archibald

  Ku Klux Klan

  Lafayette, Marquis de

  Langston, Charles

  “Last Days of John Brown, The” (Thoreau)

  Latrobe, Benjamin

  Lawrence, Amos

  Lawrence, Kansas, sack of

  League of Gileadites

  Leary, Lewis

  buried at North Elba

  Leary, Mary

  Langston Hughes and

  Lee, Robert E.

  background of

  Civil War and

  Harpers Ferry raid and

  Mary meets

  slavery and

  Leeman, Lizzie

  Leeman, William

  Leslie’s

  Letcher, John

  Lewis, Meriwether

  Liberator, The

  Liberty Guards

  Liberty Party

  Lincoln, Abraham

  assassination of

  freeing of slaves and

  Lindsley, Julia

  Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

  Louisiana Purchase

  Lovejoy, Elijah

  Luckum, Phil

  Lusk, Milton, (brother-in-law)

  Martin, J. S.

  Martinsburg militia

  Martyr’s Day services

  Maryland schoolhouse

  Mason, Mrs. James

  Mason, Senator James

  Massachusetts Legislature

  Massachusetts State Kansas Committee

  Mauzy, Mary

  Melville, Herman

  Meriam, Francis Jackson

  Civil War and

  escape of

  Harpers Ferry raid and

  Mexican War

  Mexico

  Mississippi House of Representatives

  Missouri

  Brown’s raid in

  Kansas vote on slavery and

  Missouri Compromise of 1820

  Moby-Dick (Melville)

  Monroe, James (professor)

  Moses

  Mount Vernon

  Napoleonic Wars

  Napoleon III

  National Kansas Committee

  Newby, Dangerfield

  Harpers Ferry raid and death of

  Kennedy farm and

  reburied at North Elba

  Newby, Harriett

  New Mexico Territory

  New York Herald

  New York Times

  New York Tribune

  Nicaragua

  Niger Valley Exploring Party

  North Elba, New York

  Brown home in

  Brown funeral in

  Harpers Ferry raiders reburied at

  Mary Brown leaves

  Northern Convention

  northerners

  attitudes of, toward slavery

  Brown’s hanging and

  Brown’s trial and