"Fire from the Midst of You": A Religious Life of John BrownNYU Press, 22 gru 2002 - 349 Reveals a complex new portrait of John Brown, radical abolitionist and leader of the 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry |
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... man and a brother. The few who have thus far risen to this requirement, both of reason and religion, are stigmatized as fanatics and enthusiasts. —Frederick Douglass Introduction Reconfiguring Sainthood I acknowledge no man in human form.
... Frederick Douglass (who would shortly have a falling out with Garrison), thus wrote of meeting with John Brown in 1848. Though a white gentleman, [he] is in sympathy a black man, and is as deeply interested in our cause, as though his ...
... Douglass had seen fire in John Brown, fire that burned as brightly as that of Garrison—but with a flame that threatened to consume slavery in earnest. Even in shades of old age and distant memory almost a half century later, Frederick ...
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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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