A voice from Harper’s Ferry. A narrative of events at Harper’s Ferry;

Osborne Perry Anderson

1861
Library of Congress

80 Pages
ISBN: B00480PSAK

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A unique book from the 1859 raid on Harper’s Ferry, this firsthand account of the only black combatant to survive the raid details the story of this turning point in the struggle against slavery and refutes the notion that African American people did take on the cause for their freedom.

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