"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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... death, John Brown remained a bright light shining on a dark frontier of political betrayal and social rejection for many black people. Harriet Tubman, a leader whose spirituality has yet to be adequately considered, spoke of him in ...
... death, he and his associates would see to it that this “stolen property” would find their way to Canada under the cold steel guardianship of their Sharp's rifles. But here in New Orleans there was no deliverance for the children of ...
... death of Guinean Sam left an equally important mark on his life. In the coming years Owen was attentive to the number and identity of enslaved blacks in his vicinity, though there were few in West Simsbury. At nineteen years of age ...
... death. —Exodus 21:16 Among the Brown family descendants a story survived into the twentieth century concerning Oliver Brown, one of John Brown's brothers. After donating a parcel of land for a new Congregational Church, Oliver fell into ...
... death in the abolitionist cause. Lovejoy had made his reputation as a writer and publisher more than a preacher, and was driven from St. Louis, Missouri, for publishing an abolitionist paper. Settling in Alton, Illinois, Lovejoy ...
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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
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