5. The Search for a New Life

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Introduction: Searching for the Brown Women 1
5. 1. The Brown Family’s Antislavery Culture, 1831–49 11
6. 2. North Elba, Kansas, and Violent Antislavery 30
7. 3. Annie Brown, Soldier 51
8. 4. Newfound Celebrity in the John Brown Year 68
9. 5. The Search for a New Life 91
10. 6. Mary Brown’s 1882 Tour and the Memory of Militant Abolitionism 114
11. 7. Annie Brown Adams, the Last Survivor 134
12. Epilogue: The Last Echo from John Brown’s Grave 154
13. Acknowledgments 159
14. Notes 165
15. Bibliography 247
16. Index 267