Osawatomie Brown
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Osawatomie Brown is an 1859 play by Kate Edwards, about John Brown's struggle with pro-slavery forces in Kansas which brought him national attention and made him a hero to many Northern abolitionists. With only two dozen men, he successfully defended the free-soil town of Osawatomie, Kansas (on August 30) against an attack of about 400 men, earning him the nickname "Osawatomie Brown." The play premiered just two weeks after Brown's execution.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Stafford, Ihn; Stafford, Susan (February 1937). "An Old Play on John Brown, by Kate Edwards". Kansas Historical Quarterly. 6 (1): 34–59. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
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