"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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... had my back” the whole time of writing. Perhaps her admiration for Sister Harriet Tubman has made her a doubly strong ally. Grace and Peace With all the purifying and liberalizing power of the Christian Acknowledgments | xiii.
... Perhaps John Brown has been all but forgotten by most African Americans today, but until recently he has been viewed with great admiration and affection, even reverence, by many in the black community. African Americans have always ...
... Perhaps we will then sense an inscrutable purpose “behind both the personal decisions and the vast impersonal forces of history.” At least, a religious analysis should allow us to ponder and wonder more than dogmatize or doubt.6 If we ...
... Perhaps it is also a key to studying his life from a religious standpoint. One would not claim John Brown to have been a saint in the popular sense of the term. He was clearly imperfect, as his story shows. As a husband, father ...
... perhaps the young Edmon, torn away from his mother Clarisa and sold for $975; “Young woman 17”—probably the field hand called Sukey—sold for $1,570; “one man 35”—maybe Cusiler—sold for $1,400; “Girl handsom[e] 15”—possibly Evelina, sold ...
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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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