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A Voice From Harper's Ferry

Osborne Perry Anderson

Book Overview: 

A Voice from Harper's Ferry is the abolitionist testament of Osborne Perry Anderson, the only surviving black participant in the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry organized by John Brown. The book details the motivations and preparations for the raid, the events that unfolded over several days in October 1859, and Anderson's subsequent escape. It ends with a short selection of poems from various sources honoring Brown and the movement for abolition.

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This was a wonderful read which really helps fill in gaps in the historical record surrounding John Brown’s raid into Harper’s Ferry. Anderson’s writing is a gift, for there are so few eyes and ears which were privy to such events which survived, and Anderson provides us his recounting of the tale,

Good book
I love the passion that the people has who participated in this
It’s unfortunate that the leader John brown kept them at harpers ferry too long rather than just completing the mission
Many lives could have been saved

The book is quite convoluted and hard to follow, but the prefaces are EXTREMELY GOOD and concise in giving a rundown of conditions leading up to a following the civil war (spoiler alert: they appease murderous racists in the name of "unity") The account itself, though inscrutable in many places, is

"Straight from the horse's mouth". What better way to learn about the raid on Harper's Ferry than from one of the brave men that was a part of it!

An incredible, firsthand account of what truly transpired at the revolutionary raid on Harper's Ferry. Many have read historians who simply go off of what slaveholders and capitalist, racist politicians said. This is a complete upheaval of those narratives.

No one denies the fact that John Brown's m

Fantastic account of the raid on Harpers Ferry told by Osborne Anderson, the only Black member of Brown’s army to survive the events.

(NOTE: I'm stingy with stars. For me 2 stars means a good book or a B. 3 stars means a very good book or a B+. 4 stars means an outstanding book or an A {only about 5% of the books I read merit 4 stars}. 5 stars means an all time favorite or an A+ {Only one of 400 or 500 books rates this!).

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Absolutely fascinating. Well-written and lucid. I'm embarrassed that it has taken me this long to find this book, it is the best description of the raid possible. After all, he was there.