"Fire from the Midst of You": A Religious Life of John BrownNYU Press, 22. des. 2002 - 349 sider Reveals a complex new portrait of John Brown, radical abolitionist and leader of the 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry |
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... man and a brother. The few who have thus far risen to this requirement, both of reason and religion, are stigmatized as fanatics and enthusiasts. —Frederick Douglass Introduction Reconfiguring Sainthood I acknowledge no man in human form.
... Frederick Douglass (who would shortly have a falling out with Garrison), thus wrote of meeting with John Brown in 1848. Though a white gentleman, [he] is in sympathy a black man, and is as deeply interested in our cause, as though his ...
... consume slavery in earnest. Even in shades of old age and distant memory almost a half century later, Frederick Douglass would remember his flame. Part II A Good Cause and a Sovereign God A 42 | Part I: A Power above Ourselves.
... Frederick were all a vital part of his early life and doubtless shared his strong convictions about slavery.9 The dominant stylization of Brown's autobiography is also the real climax of the narrative—John's firsthand encounter with the ...
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Part III Providence and Principle | 81 |
Part IV In Times of Difficulty | 121 |
Part V Big Difficulties and Firm Footholds | 161 |
Part VI Enduring Hardness | 203 |
VII I Will Raise a Storm | 237 |
A Saints Rest | 279 |
Notes | 285 |
Selected Bibliography | 335 |
Index | 345 |
About the Author
| 349 |
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