Other Resources
As a member of C/W MARS, the STCC library can access thousands of additional resources held in more than 140 area libraries. As a library card holder, you can request any circulating item and have it delivered to STCC for your use.
In addition to the items listed to the right, there are dozens of additional materials on John Brown available through C/W MARS member libraries.
Books on John Brown and abolitionists at the STCC Library
- John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights - David S. Reynolds
Call Number: E451.R49 2005
This biography of Brown by critic and cultural biographer David S. Reynolds "brings to life the Puritan warrior who gripped slavery by the throat and triggered the Civil War". - To Purge this Land with Blood: A Biography of John Brown - Stephen B. Oates
Call Number: E451 .O17 1984
This book draws upon contemporary letters, diaries, journals, newspapers, published reports, and recollections of eyewitnesses to recreate Brown's life and the context of his times. - John Brown - W. E. B. Du Bois
Call Number: E451.D81 1962
First published in 1909, this biography is considered a literary and historical classic. - The Secret Six: The True Tale of the Men who Conspired with John Brown - Edward J. Renehan, Jr.
Call Number: E451.R44 1995
This book presents portraits of the six men who assisted and funded John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. - Abolition: A Revolutionary Movement - Herbert Aptheker
Call Number: E449.A156 1989
This book portrays the struggle to abolish slavery as a genuine revolution, and not merely a reform movement. - All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of Slavery - Henry Mayer
Call Number: E449.G25.M39 1998
A portrait of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and his role in the anti-slavery movement, discussing the impact of his newspaper The Liberator and his relationships with Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and other notable abolitionists. - Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad - Ann Hagedorn
Call Number: E450.H165 2002
Traces the story of John Rankin and the heroes of the Ripley, Ohio, line of the Underground Railroad, identifying the pre-Civil War conflicts between abolitionists and slave chasers along the Ohio River banks. - Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America - Fergus M. Bordewich
Call Number: E450.B735 2005
Offers insight into the Underground Railroad and the role played by westward expansion, the spiritual beliefs that motivated each side of the conflict, and the efforts of black and white citizens to save tens of thousands of lives. - Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World - David Brion Davis
Call Number: E441.D2495 2006
A history of the institution of slavery in the United States, which combines the subjects of slavery and abolitionism. - Passages to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in History and Memory - edited by David W. Blight
Call Number: E450.P27 2004
Looks at the history of the Underground Railroad, including the hiding places, the routes, way stations, the role of American Indians, and border crossings into Mexico and the Caribbean.
Videos on John Brown
- John Brown's holy war
Call Number: E451.J64 2005
Dramatic reenactments trace John Brown's battle against slavery. (DVD, also VHS)
Videos on Abolitionists
- Frederick Douglass: When the Lion Wrote History (VHS)
Call Number: E447.D749 1994 AV
Documentary on the abolitionist, civil rights activist, pro-feminist ex-slave who was a journalist, publisher, and great orator. - Sojourner Truth, Antislavery Activist (VHS)
Call Number: E185.97.T8 1992 AV
Historians and others comment on the life of Sojourner Truth, who was born a slave in New York State, freed in 1827, and became a preacher and supporter of women's rights and an antislavery activist. - Whispers of Angels: A Story of the Underground Railroad (DVD)
Call Number: E450.W57 2004 AV
An overview of the Underground Railroad and several key figures in its success: Harriet Tubman, but also William Still, a former slave who headed up the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, and his friend Thomas Garrett, a white Delaware Quaker who aided some 1,400 slaves.
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