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Secret Six: The True Tale of the Men Who Conspired with John Brown Paperback - 1997

by Edward J. Renehan


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"A spellbinding study in revolution from the top down."--New York Times Book Review

Most Americans know that John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was one of the events that sparked the Civil War, but very few know the story of how a circle of Northern aristocrats covertly aided Brown in his quest to ignite a nationwide slave revolt. These influential men, who called themselves the Secret Six, included the editor of the Atlantic Monthly, a world-famous physician, a Unitarian minister whose rhetoric helped shape Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, an educator and close friend of Emerson and Thoreau, and two prominent philanthropists. Edward J. Renehan, Jr., recounts how these pillars of Northern society came to believe that armed conflict was necessary to purge the United States of a government-sanctioned evil, how the messianic Brown enlisted their support, and how they sought to cover up their association with him--even perjuring themselves before a congressional investigation--after his bloody debacle.

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ON A SWELTERING summer's morning in 1867, the portly, bald Gerrit Smith sat silently with his lawyer in the vestibule of a Chicago courtroom.

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  • Title Secret Six: The True Tale of the Men Who Conspired with John Brown
  • Author Edward J. Renehan
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st ed
  • Pages 324
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC
  • Date 1997-03-31
  • ISBN 9781570031816 / 1570031819
  • Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.21 x 0.69 in (23.37 x 15.77 x 1.75 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: West Virginia
    • Topical: Civil War
  • Library of Congress subjects Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) - History - John, Brown, John - Friends and associates
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96047366
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.711

About the author

Edward J. Renehan, Jr. is the author of John Burroughs: An American Naturalist and a contributor to the American Scholar and other publications. He lives in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.

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