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"How We Hung John Brown" - Henry S. Olcott - in "Lotos Leaves"
Henry S. Olcott
Article Description:
A retrospective look at the hanging of John Brown by the Northern reporter who covered it, Henry S. Olcott. In this essay, he discusses the role of the hanging as a catalyst for the Civil War that ensued just two years later.