"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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... Kansas the Outpost”: An Overview Pottawatomie and the Fatherless I Will Raise a Storm “The Language of Providence” “This Spark of Fire” “My Public Murder” Epilogue: A Saint's Rest Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Author 161 ...
... Kansas territory in 1856, Brown and his family stood at the epicenter of the crisis as determined enemies of slavery and—as a minority within a minority—passionate allies of the black community. Though he and others fought fire with ...
... Kansas wars against pro-slavery forces. The writing was prompted by request of Henry Stearns, the young son of one of Brown's most important supporters, George L. Stearns. When he visited the Stearns in January 1857, Brown had become a ...
... Kansas Relief. I want him to keep it. It was his own desire to give this money, not prompted by his parents. He is 12 years old.” But he still did not write, waiting until July— suggesting that the document was not really about gaining ...
... Kansas struggle, he was inherently challenging him to look beyond the crisis of white Free State boys and girls struggling against southern bullies in Kansas The Early Years | 53.
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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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