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"Fire from the Midst of You": A Religious Life of John Brown

Book by Louis A. Decaro Jr.; New York University Press, 2002

Subjects:

Abolitionists--United States--Biography, Antislavery Movements--United States--History--19th Century, Brown, John--1800-1859, Brown, John--1800-1859--Religion, Christianity And Politics--United States--History--19th Century

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Alexander Boteler, Recollections of the John Brown Raid by a Virginian Who Witnessed...401; and Rayburn S. Moore, John Browns Raid at Harpers Ferry: An Eyewitness...FBS, The Virginia Campaign of John Brown Atlantic Monthly (January...
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Our Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, and the Civil War Era

Book by Stephen B. Oates; University of Massachusetts Press, 1979

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Brown, John--1800-1859, Lincoln, Abraham--1809-1865, Turner, Nat--1800?-1831, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Collections: History, Entire Library

cal Library; Brown to John Jr., August 26, 1853, and Browns Notes for a Sermon in the Boyd...B. Delamater, address about John Brown given at Meadville, Pennsylvania...Stutler Collection; statements of John Brown, Jr., and Ruth Brown...
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The Public Life of Capt. John Brown

Book by James Redpath; Thayer and Eldridge, 1860

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Brown, John--1800-1859

Collections: History, Entire Library

...probable that the scheme with which John Browns name is now forever inseparably united...Convention met in pursuance of a call of John Brown and others, and was called to order...adopted. Mr. Whipple numinated John Brown for Commander-in-chief...
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French Administrative Law: L. Neville Brown, John S. Bell with the Assistance of Jean-Michel Galabert

Book by L. Neville Brown, John S. Bell; Clarendon Press, 1998

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Administrative Law--France

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...Press Inc., New York L. Neville Brown and John S. Bell 1998 The moral rights of...5th ed. / L. Neville Brown, John S. Bell with the assistance of Jean...Administrative law--France. I. Bell, John, 1953- . II. Galabert, Jean...
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The Hanging of Old Brown: A Story of Slaves, Statesmen, and Redemption

Book by Gregory Toledo; Praeger, 2002

Subjects:

Abolitionists--United States--Biography, Antislavery Movements--United States--History--19th Century, Brown, John--1800-1859, Slavery--Political Aspects--United States--History, Slavery--United States--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Elliott in Villard, John Brown, p. 230. 51. See reports...pp. 201-208. A copy of John Browns description is in a letter John Brown to New York Tribune,1 1...60. Quoted in Villard, John Brown, p. 215. 61. Quoted...

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Journal Articles on: john brown

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Speech in Honor of the Dedication of the John R. Brown Admiralty Library at the University of Houston Law Center Building

Journal article by Karen K. Brown; Houston Journal of International Law, Vol. 25, 2003

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Brown, John R.--Testimonials, United States. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit--Officials and employees

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...Honor of the Dedication of the John R. Brown Admiralty Library at the University...States of America, the Honorable John R. Brown, wearing a Santa Claus suit and...privilege and pleasure to know Judge John R. Brown for eighteen years. It is my privilege...
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The Making of a Historian: Robert Penn Warren's Biography of John Brown

Journal article by Jonathan S. Cullick; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 51, 1997

Subjects:

Biography--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Brown, John--Biography, Warren, Robert Penn--Authorship

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...apparently suspects that Brown consciously exploited...almost fifty years after John Brown, the ideas are...he calls into question Browns method of plotting his...sometimes in debate. In John Brown Warrens omniscient narrator enters Browns private self behind the...demonstrates that the private John Brown (like the private...
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John Brown, James Redpath, and the Idea of Revolution

Journal article by Albert J. Von Frank; Civil War History, Vol. 52, 2006

Subjects:

African Americans--History, African Americans--Political activity, American Revolution, 1775-1783--History, Brown, John (African American fugitive slave and abolitionist)--History, Redpath, James--History, United States history--History, United States history--Revolution, 1775-1783

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Slave Law, John Brown was scarcely closer...conclusive detail, how John Browns thinking evolved...revolutionists of Browns circle was present...society organized by Brown himself at the Wayne...home of his son, John Jr., in 1858...discussed by Reynolds, John Brown, 434-36, bears...link the revolt to Browns followers, no positive...
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"His Truth Is Marching On": John Brown and the Fight for Racial Justice

Journal article by Manisha Sinha; Civil War History, Vol. 52, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, John Brown: Abolitionist, the Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...failures. This view of Brown permeated many Civil...known aspects of John Browns personal life and...violent retaliation, John Brown, unlike most free...does not condone Browns actions, he provides...biography of John Brown. Redpath dedicated...vindicated the actions of John Brown. Perhaps...refused to heed Browns call for a rebellion...
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A Second Haitian Revolution: John Brown, Toussaint Louverture, and the Making of the American Civil War

Journal article by Matthew Clavin; Civil War History, Vol. 54, 2008

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Abolitionists--Influence, Brown, John (American abolitionist, 1800-1859)--Influence, Civil war--United States, Haitian Revolution, 1791-1804--Personalities, L'Ouverture, Toussaint--Influence, Military leaders--Influence, United States history--Military aspects

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...the attack on Harpers Ferry. John Browns eldest son, John Brown, Jr., who served as his fathers...their radical white allies like John Brown built on the history and memory...revolution to finish the job that Browns men left undone. In southern...

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Magazine Articles on: john brown

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John Brown: Triumphant Failure

Magazine article by David W. Blight; The American Prospect, Vol. 11, March 13, 2000

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Benet, Stephen Vincent--Authorship, Daniels, John Brown--Biography

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JOHN BROWN: TRIUMPHANT FAILURE. by DAVID W. BLIGHT "John Brown taught us that the cheapest price to pay for liberty...today." --W.E.B. Du Bois In his 1928 epic poem John Browns Body, Stephen Vincent Benet named the problem of John...
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God's Terrible Avenger: John Brown and Liberty

Magazine article by Fraser Bell; Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 112, Fall 2005

Subjects:

Abolition of slavery--History, Abolitionists--Biography, Abolitionists--Evaluation, Brown, John (American abolitionist)--Biography, Brown, John (American abolitionist)--Evaluation, Slavery--Emancipation, Slavery--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...McVeigh to claim John Brown, as Gopnik puts it...zealots who seek to invoke John Browns legacy, Thomas Frank...after all. It became John Browns war, his posthumous...since they swung old John Brown for his foray to the...
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The Man Who Ended Slavery: Slandered by Craven Abolitionists as Unhinged, John Brown Was in Fact an Eloquent, Cool-Headed Tactician Who Succeeded in His Long-Range Plan: Launching a Civil War

Magazine article by Christopher Hitchens; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 295, May 2005

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Books--Book reviews, John Brown Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights (Book)--Book reviews

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...should encounter John Brown, careless of...Osawatomie, and Browns cool-headed...not so much of Browns prophecy as of...the capture of Brown was Robert E...the soldiers at Browns execution was...Southern actor, John Wilkes Booth...as one great "John Brown raid" into the...
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October 16th, 1859: John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 59, October 2009

Subjects:

Abolitionists--History, Brown, John (American abolitionist, 1800-1859)--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

October 16th, 1859: John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry. by...attracted the attention of John Brown, a devout Calvinist in his...were by now drunk. Another of Browns sons, Oliver, was mortally...father to finish him off, but Brown said, lf you must die, die...
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May's Anniversaries: John Brown's Body ... Columbus's Last Great Journey ... and the First Demonstration of the Most Powerful Weapon in History. Richard Cavendish Recalls This Month's Anniversaries

Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 56, May 2006

Subjects:

Brown, John (American abolitionist)--Political activity, Kansas--Political aspects, Kansas--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

Mays Anniversaries: John Browns Body ... Columbuss Last Great Journey...anything recognizable as human sympathy. John Brown was deeply involved in the civil war...Lawrence. Revenge was swiftly exacted by John Brown. Brown, who had grown tip in...

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Newspaper Articles on: john brown

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Sunk! the Name That Launched a Thousand Ships on Old Clydeside; LEGACY OF WORLD FAMOUS SHIP BUILDER JOHN BROWN COULD DISAPPEAR FOR EVER IN SHAKE-UP

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 2, 1996

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John Brown and Co.

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Along with other surviving yards, John Brown became amalgamated into Upper Clyde...nowhere American firm Marathon bought John Browns yards to build oil exploration rigs...become a separate operation known as John Brown Engineering, which was taken...
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Ghost of John Major Is Giving Gordon Brown a Tough Time - Can He Turn Things Round? Thatcher and Blair Prove Hard Acts to Follow

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), May 10, 2008

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Brown, Gordon (British prime minister), Major, John

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Ghost of John Major Is Giving Gordon Brown a Tough Time - Can He Turn Things...Downing Street, the spectre of John Major. The ghost of disastrous...struggling administration. In Mr Browns case, though, they are likely...with one Cabinet Minister, John Denham, suggesting voters are...
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More Broom Cupboards, Please; Gordon Brown and John Prescott Want to Make Housing More Affordable for Our Key Workers by Building Thousands of Houses in the Home Counties. but What Low-Income Buyers Need Is Cheap and Small Flats in the Heart of the City

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 26, 2005

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Brown, Gordon (British politician), Prescott, John

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Cupboards, Please; Gordon Brown and John Prescott Want to Make Housing...the wrong way. Yesterday, John Prescott announced that he would...creed of this Government. Mr Browns favourite adviser, Kate Barker...seldom helps the needy. Mr Brown says he wants to encourage key...
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The Comparisons with Major Are Striking for the PM; Former Conservative Party Chairman Baron Fowler of Sutton Coldfield Says Gordon Brown Faces the Same Fate as John Major AGENDA

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 24, 2008

Subjects:

Brown, Gordon (British prime minister), Major, John

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...Sutton Coldfield Says Gordon Brown Faces the Same Fate as John Major AGENDA. Byline: Baron...the council of ministers that John Major had deliberately brought...hope was - just as with Gordon Browns Birmingham cabinet two weeks...election campaign against John Redwood the impact soon wore...
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WILL THE POPE VISIT IRELAND? as Well-Placed Vatican Sources Say Benedict Has Accepted an Invite from Gordon Brown to Tour Britain, Hopes Are Growing He Will Come Here Too; Hopes Benedict Will Follow in the Footsteps of John Paul; A Huge Boost for Peace

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 16, 2009

Subjects:

Brown, Gordon (British prime minister), John Paul II, Pope

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Accepted an Invite from Gordon Brown to Tour Britain, Hopes Are...Will Follow in the Footsteps of John Paul; A Huge Boost for Peace...ongoing beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman - the founder of...draw comparisons with the late John Paul IIs famous arrival in Ireland...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: john brown

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Brown, John , American Abolitionist

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the armory into which Browns force had retired...resulting battle, 10 of Browns men were killed, and Brown himself was wounded...Execution of Captain John Brown (1859, repr. 1969...F. Nudelman, John Browns Body (2004...
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Gordon, John Brown

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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GORDON, JOHN BROWN 1832 1904, U.S. public official and Confederate general, b. Upson...outstanding leader in Georgia politics. With Alfred H. Colquitt and Joseph E. Brown, he dominated the state government for many years. He was U.S. Senator...
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Herreshoff, John Brown

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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HERRESHOFF, JOHN BROWN her s-hof, 1841 1915, American yacht and ship builder. Though totally blind from the time he was 15, he managed his own sail...
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Brown, John Carter

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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BROWN, JOHN CARTER 1797 1874, American book collector...volumes. These were cataloged by John Bartlett (4 vol., 1865 71). Several...volumes were added to the library before Browns death. After his son, John N. Brown, died, the library was...
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John Carter Brown Library

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY see Brown, John Carter . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

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