"Fire from the Midst of You": A Religious Life of John BrownNYU Press, 22 dec. 2002 - 349 sidor Reveals a complex new portrait of John Brown, radical abolitionist and leader of the 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry |
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... Brown had steadily honed his belief in the forceful overthrow of slavery until he himself determined to lead the effort. A deeply religious man and father of a large family, he believed that slavery was not going to relent in the face ...
... Brown. That was what I call a white liberal. But those other kind, they are ... family represented a unique strand of the abolitionist movement. A devotedly ... Brown's war on slavery was undoubtedly an extension of the Christian legacy ...
... Brown's angry documentation would be displayed upon his return to Ohio, before family and friends. By now Owen Brown, the patriarch of the family, was dead. But Jeremiah probably wished he could share his chronicle of rage with him ...
A Religious Life of John Brown Louis A. DeCaro. John. Brown's. Heritage. Owen Brown was a greater character than history has recorded him. —The Reverend Clarence S. Gee, Brown family scholar1 Given his controversial role in history, it is ...
... Brown struggled to maintain the farming and herds, placing some of the ... family's spiritual life and practice. The Browns attended the regular Bible ... family enjoyed some improvement in property, farming, and livestock, which he later ...
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Part II A Good Cause and a Sovereign God | 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 |
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About the Author
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"Fire From the Midst of You": A Religious Life of John Brown Louis A. DeCaro Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 2005 |
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