1800-1859

Examines the life of abolitionist John Brown, and the raid he led on the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in 1859.

Gives a fictionalized account of abolitionist John Brown's life, family, and antislavery activities which led to the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry.

Episodes on the wartime photographer Alexander Gardner and John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry (50 min. each).

Presents the full text of nineteenth-century American writer Henry David Thoreau's "Walden"; selections from "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers," "Cape Cod," and "The Maine Woods"; and five significant essays by Thoreau.

Gives a fictionalized account of abolitionist John Brown's life, family, and antislavery activities which led to the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry.

A biography of the controversial abolitionist who led the raid on the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry.

Presents a short history of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859, written in graphic novel format, and focuses on his attempt to win emancipation of all slaves by capturing the federal arsenal located there.