"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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... leader suggested that a good litmus test would be to ask them what they thought of the famous abolitionist. “You know what John Brown did? He went to war. He was a white man who went to war against white people to help free slaves ...
... . Harriet Tubman, a leader whose spirituality has yet to be adequately considered, spoke of him in Christlike terms, so fond was his memory to her and her troubled people.8 All of this is to say that John Brown was 6 | Introduction.
... leaders. In contrast, John Brown had an intimate familiarity with blacks and recognized that slavery in any section was a cancerous danger to them as well as to the moral and political wellbeing of the nation. It was his particular ...
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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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