"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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... 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.
... strong religious beliefs. However different their political and social views, even his nineteenth-century opponents had a better understanding of his religious world view than do many biographers and scholars today. That he considered ...
... strong identification with the Pilgrim founders of white America, John Brown was more a Puritan than a Pilgrim—the two often being confused despite their distinct roles in the founding of North American society. The Pilgrims were ...
... strong anti-slavery sentiments common in the Western Reserve. Perhaps the burning pulpit might also represent certain truths about the Christian church during this time. First, the church in large part was either pro-slavery or ...
... strong in the border states, where whites opposed any kind of black presence—slave or free—fearing either race-mixing or violent black revolts. Even after anti-slavery advocates of colonization split with their pro-slavery colleagues ...
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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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