Five for Freedom: The African American Soldiers in John Brown's Army by Eugene L. Meyer

Five for Freedom: The African American Soldiers in John Brown's Army

Eugene L. Meyer

304 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous challenging slow-paced
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On October 16, 1859, John Brown and his band of eighteen raiders descended on Harpers Ferry. In an ill-fated attempt to incite a slave insurrection, they seized the federal arsenal, took hostages, and retreated to a fire engine house where they ba...

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