A Plea For Captain John Brown

A Plea For Captain John Brown written by Henry David Thoreau is an essay based on a speech that Henry David Thoreau gave on October 30th, 1859, approximately two weeks after John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. The essay gives insight into many subject areas which include; history, United States, America, Civil War, revolution & founding, and abolitionist. John Brown an abolitionist, and twenty-one other men seized the federal armory at Harper's Ferry hoping to arm slaves and create a violent rebellion against the south. While the raid which many viewed at the time as a failure, resulted in many deaths and led to John Brown's execution, it was the raid and John Brown's subsequent execution which propelled the American Civil War. A Plea For Captain John Brown by Henry David Thoreau will give readers a unique glimpse into history, the United States, America, Civil War, revolution & founding, and abolitionist.