The Tie That Bound Us

The book is mostly notes and reference. The actual text is 154 pages. As there is little known about the Brown women, there is little to this book although I appreciate what insight there is into their lives. 

A sweeping and widely encompassing account of how John Brown's actions and beliefs affected the women closest to him. There is so much information about ore Civil War and post Civil War abolitionism. I feel like I have a handle on societal issues surrounding abolitionism. I also feel like I have seen into the daily lives and struggles of these some that influenced them into becoming complicated people with the heavy weight of their collective past.

I must say that this was a hefty book to get through. I'm glad I kept at it and finished, but it took me awhile.