John
Brown and the Secret Six
The
Secret Six (also known as the Committee of Six) were six wealthy
and learned men who secretly funded the American abolitionist
John Brown.
They
were Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Theodore
Parker, Franklin Sanborn, Gerrit Smith, and George Luther Stearns.
Read
the following accounts:
- John
Brown to Theodore Parker, February 2, 1858
- John
Brown to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, February 2, 1858
- Thomas
Wentworth Higginson to N. Hawkins (Brown), February 8, 1858
- F.B.
Sanborn to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, February 11, 1858
- John
Brown to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Rochester, New York,
February 12, 1818
- John
Brown to F.B. Sanborn, February 24, 1858
- John
Brown to his wife, Mary, March 2, 1858
- John
Brown to Theodore Parker, March 7, 1858
- John
Brown to John Brown, Jr.,
April 8, 1858
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