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The Secret 6: Directed by George W. Hill. With Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Harlow. After rising bootlegger Slaughterhouse Scorpio eliminates his gangland competition, two reporters and a cabal of six businessmen work to expose him.
The so-called Secret Six, or the Secret Committee of Six, were a group of men who secretly funded the 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry by abolitionist John Brown. Sometimes described as "wealthy," this was true of only two.
The Secret Six is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film starring Wallace Beery as "Slaughterhouse Scorpio", a character very loosely based on Al Capone, and featuring Lewis Stone, John Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Marjorie Rambeau and Ralph Bellamy.
The Secret Six is the name of three different fictional comic book teams in the DC Comics Universe, plus an alternate universe's fourth team. Each team has had six members, led by a mysterious figure named Mockingbird, whom the characters assume to be one of the other five members.
Jun 24, 2015 · The secret six : John Brown and the abolitionist movement. by. Scott, Otto J. Publication date. 1979. Topics. Brown, John, 1800-1859, Abolitionists. Publisher. New York : NYT Times Books.
Feb 6, 2019 · The Secret Six was a loosely affiliated group that provided financial backing to John Brown before his raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859.
One by one, John Brown drew a small, select group of radical abolitionists, six men in all, who agreed to fund his ongoing fight against slavery.
Jul 27, 2022 · The secret six : the true tale of the men who conspired with John Brown. by. Renehan, Edward, 1956-. Publication date. 1996. Topics. Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Friends and associates, Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859. Publisher. Columbia : University of South Carolina.
Mar 1, 1997 · Paperback – March 1, 1997. Most Americans know that John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was one of the events that sparked the Civil War, but very few know the story of how a circle of Northern aristocrats covertly aided Brown in his quest to ignite a nationwide slave revolt.
- Edward J. Renehan
Nov 13, 2009 · He secured the backing of six prominent abolitionists, known as the “Secret Six,” and assembled an invasion force. His “army” grew to include 22 men, including five Black men and three of ...
