"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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... raid at Harper's Ferry [West] Virginia, where he lead a small band of white and black men in seizing a government armory in October 1859. Born in 1800, he spent most of his fifty-nine years in pursuit of business success, though failing ...
... raid on Harper's Ferry—though its underlying strategy and purpose are usually misunderstood and misrepresented in popular narratives. After the failure of the raid, Brown and his surviving men were captured, tried, and hanged by the ...
... raid as he was to sniff out any hint of anti-slavery conspiracy among his bitter opponents at home. Like most Northern politicians in the antebellum period, Vallandigham was far more concerned about protecting Southern sensibilities and ...
... raid, Jeremiah R. Brown, half-brother of John Brown, visited New Orleans, Louisiana. During his stay he saw notice of a slave auction to be held that weekend, and so found his way to the City Hotel. As slave flesh goes, this was an ...
... raid), assured Hunter that “the south extends farther north and nearer to the Blue Mountains than you have any idea of.” Malcolm X's memorable observation, that anywhere below the Canadian border is “the South,” was true in the ...
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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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