JOHN KAGI AND JOHN BROWN - SECRETARY WAR FOR JOHN BROWN'S RAID

Description: JOHN KAGI AND JOHN BROWN BY JOHN W. WAYLAND FIRST EDITION MINT CONDITION Original, Clean, Solidly Bound, Antique Book Loaded with Illustrations, Photographs and Maps PUBLISHED BY THE SHENANDOAH PUBLISHING HOUSE, INC. STRAUSBURG, VIRGINIA IN 1961 This first edition book presents a biography of John Henry Kagi who served as the “Secretary of War” to abolitionist John Brown during Brown’s failed raid on Harper’s Ferry, and as a history to the relationship and efforts of the two men. The book also provides insights into the Kagi family. Here the author, the Virginia history Dr. John W. Wayland, wrote the most complete monograph on Kagi and his activities. An attorney, abolitionist, Kagi bore the title “Secretary of War in Brown’s “provisional government.” Ag age 24 Kagi was killed during the raid. He had also been active in fighting on the abolitionist side in 1856 in “Bleeding Kansas.” He established a cave under the cabin of his sister in Nebraska that was part of the Underground Railroad. He actively and viciously attacked pro-slave pioneers, was arrested for eight counts including arson, manslaughter and murder, imprisoned and escaped with other indicted Freestate prisoners. He helped lead black Churches to adopt Brown’s “Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States.” He led a group into Missouri to free slaves, but only freed one and killed the slave’s owner. While they planned the raid on Harper's Ferry, Kagi acted as the business agent of the Brown's group, buying and storing weapons. He met with Frederick Douglass and others to discuss the raid, which Douglass advised against conducting. Kagi was killed by militia forces during the Harper's Ferry raid as he tried to escape across the Shenandoah River. THIS BOOK IS IN MINT CONDITION This scarce, First Edition book is in excellent condition. It is clean, sharp, bright and has solid binding throughout. The pages are clean, bright white and in excellent condition. There isn’t a mark in the book. It is illustrated throughout. 137 pages. An excellent condition, First Edition book. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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