"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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... South, he was a legend even before he climbed the gallows' steps on December 2, 1859. After the Civil War broke out in 1861, a playful soldier's song became associated with him, and “John Brown's Body” became the fighting anthem of the ...
... South that categorically dehumanized them. White Americans have long glorified “violence” and “fanaticism” when it pertained to their nationalistic interests. For instance, the expansion of white settlers into Mexican territory and the ...
... South. As he answered questions posed by his Southern captors, Congressman C. L. Vallandigham—the only Northern politician present—entered the room and interrupted the interview by asking, “Mr. Brown, who sent you here?” Being from Ohio ...
... South it was considered an acceptable, even necessary, institution in line with the highest standards of civilization and Christian society. To an equally great number of whites in the North, chattel slavery was unattractive—but best ...
... South to be full of “ogres” and . . . “devils trying to graft slavery forever on the tormented face of this Republic.” “All slavemasters were not grotesque monsters like those described in the abolitionist literature,” the biographer ...
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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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