Osawatomie Brown
Osawatomie Brown is an 1859 play by Kate Edwards, about John Brown's struggle with pro-slavery forces in Kansas which brought him national attention and made him a hero to many Northern abolitionists. With only two dozen men, he successfully defended the free-soil town of Osawatomie, Kansas against an attack of about 400 men, earning him the nickname "Osawatomie Brown." The play premiered just two weeks after Brown's execution.
