@article{c69e0c6190664a6d94e00318c30834cd,
title = "Weighing John Brown",
author = "Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz",
note = "In his celebrated epic poem, Stephen Vincent Ben{\'e}t professed, {"}You can weigh John Brown's body well enough/But how and in what balance weigh John Brown?{"} 1 Brown's character, motivations, and place in American history-the balance in which he weighs-have been heatedly debated since the Harpers Ferry raid in 1859.",
year = "2011",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1353/RAH.2011.0114",
language = "American English",
volume = "39",
journal = "Reviews in American History",
}