02665nam 22006014a 450 991046021400332120200520144314.00-674-05422-910.4159/9780674054226(CKB)2670000000040459(OCoLC)649915305(CaPaEBR)ebrary10397790(SSID)ssj0000421379(PQKBManifestationID)11287576(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421379(PQKBWorkID)10413008(PQKB)10505703(MiAaPQ)EBC3300777(Au-PeEL)EBL3300777(CaPaEBR)ebr10397790(OCoLC)648759650(DE-B1597)585471(DE-B1597)9780674054226(EXLCZ)99267000000004045920090204d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrJohn Brown's trial[electronic resource] /Brian McGintyCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20091 online resource (381 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-03517-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-338) and index.To free the slaves -- Carrying the war into Africa -- Framing the charges -- The indictment -- The jury is summoned -- The testimony begins -- The name and the shadow of a fair trial -- The quiet was deceptive -- The verdict -- The sentence -- The execution -- Marching on.Mixing idealism with violence, abolitionist John Brown cut a wide swath across the United States before winding up in Virginia, where he led an attack on the U.S. armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Supported by a "provisional army" of 21 men, Brown hoped to rouse the slaves in Virginia to rebellion. But he was quickly captured and, after a short but stormy trial, hanged on December 2, 1859. Brian McGinty provides the first comprehensive account of the trial, which raised important questions about jurisdiction, judicial fairness, and the nature of treason under the American constitutional system.Trials (Treason)VirginiaAbolitionistsUnited StatesBiographyHarpers Ferry (W. Va.)HistoryJohn Brown's Raid, 1859Electronic books.Trials (Treason)Abolitionists973.7/116McGinty Brian460905MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460214003321John Brown's trial2105716UNINA