John Brown

<p>First published in 1909, W.E.B. Du Bois's biography of abolitionist John Brown is a literary and historical classic. With a rare combination of scholarship and passion, Du Bois defends Brown against all detractors who saw him as a fanatic, fiend, or traitor. Brown emerges as a rich personality, fully understandable as an unusual leader with a deeply religious outlook and a devotion to the cause of freedom for the slave.</p><p>This new edition is enriched with an introduction by John David Smith and with supporting documents relating to Du Bois's correspondence with his publisher.</p> Chapter I Africa and America; Chapter II The Making of the Man; Chapter III The Wanderjahre; Chapter IV The Shepherd of the Sheep; Chapter V The Vision of the Damned; Chapter VI The Call of Kansas; Chapter VII The Swamp of the Swan; Chapter VIII The Great Plan; Chapter IX The Black Phalanx; Chapter X The Great Black Way; Chapter XI The Blow; Chapter XII The Riddle of the Sphinx; Chapter XIII The Legacy of John Brown;