"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 |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 26
... territory in 1856, Brown and his family stood at the epicenter of the crisis as determined enemies of slavery and—as a minority within a minority—passionate allies of the black community. Though he and others fought fire with fire ...
... territory and the establishment of Texas in the nineteenth century was largely premised upon the expansion of black enslavement. In contrast to Brown's efforts to liberate slaves at Harper's Ferry, the violent efforts of pro-slavery ...
... Territory was heavily populated by Southerners and middle states folk who settled in Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio (with the exception of Ohio's Western Reserve and eastern section) in the 1830s. For the most part, these whites were ...
A Religious Life of John Brown Louis A. DeCaro. the territory, while free blacks were excluded from service in the militia, denied the ballot, and proscribed from giving testimony in court against any white person. In Indiana, Illinois ...
Du har nådd visningsgrensen for denne boken.
Innhold
1 | |
9 | |
43 | |
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 |
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
Populære avsnitt
Referanser til denne boken
Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion [Two Volumes] ABC-CLIO, LLC,Harcourt Education Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2006 |
Rites of August First: Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic World Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie Begrenset visning - 2007 |