Three yeas and 29 days prior to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, freedom fighter John Brown was hanged. He and his band of 21 followers seiaed the armory at Harper's Ferry to obtain weapons, arm the slaves, and through mass revolt end slavery. In this book, first published in 1909, Dr. Du Bois rose to a passionate and fully documented defense of John Brown against all his detractors. The author conveys to the reader the wrath and turbulence of John Brown, yet depicts his care and deliberation in the anti-slavery battle, from Kansas to his final assault. The book pays homage to John Brown’s legacy and is a classic work of history and literature.