Old John Brown The Man Whose Soul is Marching on

The name John Brown will always be linked with the time just preceding the Civil War. This biography tells the story of a white man who advocated and practiced insurrection in his effort to abolish slavery. His attempt to start a liberation movement among enslaved blacks at Harper's Ferry stunned the nation. Afterward he was tried for treason and hanged. The raid at Harper's Ferry escalated tensions and a year later the Civil War began.