"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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... -called Great Emancipator. Brown, on the other hand, put black liberation first and foremost—not only as a political belief but as a personal ambition. As black people have long realized, their famous ally is 2 | Introduction.
... hands,” except the children—though the youngest field hand, Chaney, was only ten years old. Other slaves were apparently sold on this occa1 sion, but it was this special plantation sale “without reserve”. * This and all other biblical ...
... hand called Sukey—sold for $1,570; “one man 35”—maybe Cusiler—sold for $1,400; “Girl handsom[e] 15”—possibly Evelina, sold for $1,490.1 Jeremiah Brown's angry documentation would be displayed upon his return to Ohio, before family and ...
... hands. “I read it, and it denounced slavery as a great sin. From this time I was anti-slavery, as much as I be now,” Owen wrote in later years. While Owen and Ruth were in Norfolk, Connecticut, a Southern Presbyterian minister who had ...
... hand knew not what the right hand did.” As a public figure, the stuttering squire was well-liked and respected. With renowned judgment, unpretentious charity, a keen sense of humor, and a liking for fine conversation, Owen Brown was not ...
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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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