Hanging of Old Brown: A Story of Slaves, Statesmen, and Redemption

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The story of a simple farmer, a shoemaker's son, who left behind the anonymity of conventional life to declare war on slavery.

GREGORY TOLEDO is a freelance researcher. He is currently director of a juvenile behavioral treatment program in Boston.

	Preface: A Shoemaker's Prayer	vii
	Acknowledgements	xiii
Part I	Anthems Unsung in the Land of Liberty	1
Chapter 1.	Chains	3
Chapter 2.	Stars, Stripes, and Strange Bedfellows	23
Part II	Citizen Brown	55
Chapter 3.	There Were Secrets in Those Eyes of His	57
Chapter 4.	Deliver Me	83
Part III	Reaping Whirlwinds	99
Chapter 5.	Pale Horses and Crimson Creeks	101
Chapter 6.	Tea Room Conspiracies	131
Chapter 7.	Old Brown's Freedom Ride	157
Chapter 8.	Good-bye My Child	169
Part IV	Between Heaven and Earth	187
Chapter 9.	Virginia	189
Chapter 10.	The Carpetbag	213
Chapter 11.	Redemptions	235
	Epilogue	251
	Bibliographical Essay	255
	Index	265

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