Report [of] the Select Committee of the Senate Appointed to Inquire Into the Late Invasion and Seizure of the Public Property at Harper's Ferry... - Couverture souple

United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee On The Harper's Ferry Invasion

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ISBN 10 : 1314758365 ISBN 13 : 9781314758368

Editeur : HardPress Ltd, 2013

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Upon tlie first subject of inquiry to which their attention was directed by the resolutions, to wit: Whether the invasion and seizure of the armory and the arsenal of the United States at Harper s Ferry, in Virginia, by a band of armed men, was attended by armed resistance to the authorities and public force of the United States, and by the murder of any of the citizens of Virginia, or of any trooi:)s sent there to protect the public property. The committee find, from the testimony that this so-called invasion originated with a man named John Brown, who conducted it in person. It appears that Brown had been for some previous years involved in the late difficulties in the Territory of Kansas. He went there at an early day after the settlement of that Territory began, and either took with him or was joined by several sons, and, perhaps, sons-in-law, and, as shown by the proofs, was extensively connected vith many of the lawless military expeditions belonging to the history of those times. It would appear, from the testimony of more than one of the witnesses, that, before leaving the Territory, he fully admitted that he had not gone there with any view to permanent settlement, but that, findingall the elements of strife and intestine war there in full operation, created by the division of sentiment between those constituting what were called the free-S tate and slave-S tate parties, his purpose was, by participating in it, to keep the public mind inflamed on the subject of slavery in the country, with a view to effect such organizations as might enable him to bring about servile insurrection in the slave States. To carry these plans into execution, it appears that, in the winter of 1857-58, he collected a number of young men in the Territory of Kansas, most of whom afterwards appeared with him at Harper s Ferry, and placed them under military instruction at a p
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HardPress Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1314758365
• ISBN 13: 9781314758368
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 334
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible