Eyewitness & Contemporary Accounts

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A voice from Harper's Ferry- Osborne Anderson


St Paul Pioneer and Democrat Dec 16, 1859
The Capture and Execution of John Brown, Elijah Avey
The Public Life of Capt. John Brown, James Redpath
Alexander Boetler's Account

KANSAS

1856 St. Louis slave Stampede
The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry As I Saw It.
John Brown the Hero: Personal Reminiscences
correspondence to and from John Brown
the capture of John Brown, Israel Green
Interview with John Kagi and John Brown
The John Brown Letters
John Brown by Pate, Henry Clay 1859
Trial Report & Testimony
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Words of John Brown.
Mahala Doyle Letter
The Last Moments of John Brown
Conversation with Capt. Brown- Shepherdstown Register 29OCT59