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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05644 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 |
| Title | Report of the Joint Committee of the General Assembly of Virginia on the Harpers Ferry Outrages |
| Date | 26 January 1860 |
| Author | Virginia General Assembly |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Discusses Brown's attack at Harpers Ferry and the Abolitionist activity and legislation in northern states which encouraged him. The report quickly reviews the facts regarding Brown and then turns to larger issues. It reviews the history of legislated emancipation after the Revolution, the conflicts in Congress and then reviews northern legislation. It finds that the North's "statute books are filled with enactments conceived in a spirit of hostility to the institutions of the South, at war with the true intent and meaning of the federal compact, and adopted for the avowed purpose of rendering nugatory some of the express covenants of the Constitution of the United States." Stab-stitched with remnants of floral wrappers. |
| Subjects | John Brown Law Government and Civics African American History Slavery Abolition Emancipation Congress US Constitution |
| People | Brown, John (1800-1859) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |