Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz. The Tie That Bound Us

Most biographies of John Brown include some reference to his having been married twice and having fathered 20 children. Usually, it is also mentioned that one son (Frederick) died in Kansas, two (Watson and Oliver) at Harpers Ferry, and others (John Jr., Jason, Owen, and Salmon) were involved in Brown's violent abolitionist activities. But what about the women in the family? Although noted biographers such as Stephen B. Oates (To Purge This Land With Blood: A Biography of John Brown [1970]) and David S. Reynolds (John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights [2005]) include important information about them, there is still much to learn. Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz's book fills these gaps. This fascinating work acts as a supplement to previous scholarship on Brown. To get the most out of its details, however, one should either have already read a full biography of Brown or know quite a bit about him.

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