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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

...regime down to the Civil War, as shown...Garrison Villard , John Brown, 1800-1859...Woodward, "John Browns Private War...concludes that Brown was not an insane...Woodwards "John Browns Private War...Potters "John Brown and the Paradox...Abraham Lincoln and John Brown A Parallel", Civil War History 8...
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At Lincoln's Side: John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings

Book by Michael Burlingame, John Hay; Southern Illinois University Press, 2000

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Hay, John--1838-1905, Hay, John--1838-1905--Correspondence, Lincoln, Abraham--1809-1865--Friends And Associates, Statesmen--United States--Biography, Statesmen--United States--Correspondence, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal Narratives, United States--Politics And Government--1861-1865

Collections: History, Entire Library

56. Stone, "John Hay, 1858," 152. 57. Caroline Owsley Brown, "Springfield Society Before the Civil War," Journal of the...Personal Reminiscences of John Hay" Chattanooga Tennessee...Lincoln and Episodes of the Civil War New York: G. P...
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Inside Lincoln's White House: The Complete Civil War Diary of John Hay

Book by Michael Burlingame, John R. Turner Ettlinger, John Hay; Southern Illinois University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Hay, John--1838-1905--Diaries, Lincoln, Abraham--1809-1865, Lincoln, Abraham--1809-1865--Friends And Associates, Statesmen--United States--Diaries, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal Narratives

Collections: History, Entire Library

...friend of Hay since his days at Brown University. Thomas Earl was...backer of the abolitionist John Brown of Harper's Ferry...leadership of Brown's son, John Brown Jr."I want to at least get the name of John Brown rumored on the border...
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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

...Kansas ally, G. W. Brown, Reminiscences of Old...and David N. Utter, John Brown of Osawatomie...killings brought about civil war in Kansas. Pro...Box 14, OGV; KM/tr, John Shimmons, Pottawatomie...Delamater, John Brown of Civil War Fame Was a Pioneer...
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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

...without the intellect to comprehend the necessities, the nature, and the obligations arising out of civil society." * To understand John Brown, the ____________________ * These phrases are quoted from conservative Republican...

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Journal Articles on: john brown civil

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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

...This view of Brown permeated...aspects of John Browns personal...Ferry raid in Civil War causation...Revisited: John Brown, which is...is to link John Browns private war...for black civil rights in...contend that Brown, more than...it, that Browns antiracist...inspired civil rights struggles...however, that John Brown remained...
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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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...they had cornered Brown and a number of...seventeen members of Browns twenty-two man...causes of the Civil War than John Brown. Popular...Redpath among Browns greatest influences...both Redpath and Brown shifted from advocating...James Redpath, John Brown, and Abolitionist...Insurrection" Civil War History 37...Garrison Villard, John Brown, 1800...
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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

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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

...Life of Capt. John Brown (Boston: Thayer...a friend of John Browns and agreed to organize...Richmond area to Browns force when it struck...72; and Hinton, John Brown, 174. (16...David S. Reynolds, John Brown, Abolitionist...Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded...
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John Brown: the Legend Revisited

Journal article by Mark Wahlgren Summers; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 110, 2002

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Biographies, Brown, John, Civil war, History, Nonfiction, Peterson, Merrill

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John Brown: the Legend Revisited...Wahlgren Summers John Brown: The Legend...23.95. JOHN BROWNS body lies a...personalities from Civil War America...all used John Browns name and deeds...tad more: the Brown that appears in...cartoons since the Civil War (if any exist...conclusion that John Brown was and...
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John Brown, Abolitionist: the Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights

Journal article by Duncan Andrew Campbell; South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 107, 2006

Collections: History, Entire Library

John Brown, Abolitionist: the...Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights by Duncan Andrew Campbell John Brown, Abolitionist...Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil...success, argues that in Browns case, this was not...

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Magazine Articles on: john brown civil

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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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...Abolitionists as Unhinged, John Brown Was in Fact an Eloquent...Range Plan: Launching a Civil War. by Christopher Hitchens JOHN BROWN ABOLITIONIST...Slavery, Sparked The Civil War, and Seeded Civil...spilling intransigence of John Brown, field-tested...austerity that ruled Browns own upbringing and the...
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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...recognizable as human sympathy. John Brown was deeply involved in the civil war which by 1856 was raging...Revenge was swiftly exacted by John Brown. Brown, who had grown...
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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

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

Collections: History, Entire Library

...October 16th, 1859: John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry...Richard Cavendish A virtual civil war over slavery in Kansas...attracted the attention of John Brown, a devout Calvinist...now drunk. Another of Browns sons, Oliver, was mortally...finish him off, but Brown said, lf you must die...
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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

...claim John Brown, as Gopnik...to invoke John Browns legacy...again John Browns ... but...After all, Brown wished to...turn the Civil War into...Proclamation. The Civil War became...It became John Browns war, his...old John Brown for his foray...
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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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Newspaper Articles on: john brown civil

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Brown's Raid Changed World; Harpers Ferry Divided Nation, Launched U.S. into Civil War

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), October 15, 2009

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Abolition of slavery, John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, 1859, Slavery--Emancipation

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

Browns Raid Changed World...Launched U.S. into Civil War. Byline...16, 1859, John Brown and his raiders...instead of himself. Brown rejected an insanity...acquired a number of Browns slave pikes...Republican Revolution. John Steuart Currys...Prelude depicts John Browns guerilla...Harpers Ferry made civil war inevitable...
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Power Shift as Brown's Man to Head the Civil Service

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 16, 2005

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Brown, Gordon

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

Power Shift as Browns Man to Head the Civil Service. Byline: GRAEME...over power to Gordon Brown yesterday by appointing...mandarin to head the Civil Service. Whitehall high...outsider as Britains top civil servant in a radical...permanent secretary Sir John Gieve, and David Normington...
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Brown's Fury at Civil Servants Who Blocked Probe into Hacking

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 14, 2011

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Brown, Sarah--Investigations, Prime ministers

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Browns Fury at Civil Servants Who Blocked...Correspondent GORDON Brown yesterday accused Whitehalls top civil servant of blocking...protocol, he read out civil service advice, thought...assistant commissioner John Yates of failing to...
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BROWN JEWELS; THE Pounds 80BN BIG SPENDER Boost for Law and Order, Security and Childcare but Unions in a Fury at Civil Service Job 'Carnage'

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 13, 2004

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Brown, Gordon

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

BROWN JEWELS; THE Pounds...Unions in a Fury at Civil Service Job Carnage...84,000 jobs in the Civil Service and 20,000...see who can sack most civil servants is not the...Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, in charge...
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Labour Civil War; Their Truce in Tatters, a Vicious Row over the Election Breaks out between Blair and Brown

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 6, 2005

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Brown, Gordon

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Labour Civil War; Their Truce...between Blair and Brown. Byline: DAVID...The eruption of civil war came as speculation...run, he said. Mr Browns camp instantly accused...last summer that Mr Browns role masterminding...they declared. One Brown ally, asked if it...death in 1994 of John Smith, who became...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: john brown civil

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Gordon, John Brown

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

GORDON, JOHN BROWN 1832 1904, U.S. public...Ga. Gordon began his Civil War service as an infantry...Colquitt and Joseph E. Brown, he dominated the state...his Reminiscences of the Civil War (1903); D. S. Freeman...
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Brown, Joseph Emerson

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

BROWN, JOSEPH EMERSON 1821 94...governor of Georgia during the Civil War, Brown quarreled with Jefferson Davis...secessionist stand. After the war Brown briefly became a Republican...the U.S. Senate seat of John B. Gordon , which he retained...
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Stuart, James Ewell Brown

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (Jeb Stuart), 1833 64, Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War, b. Patrick co., Va. Most of his...successful raid (Aug., 1862), this time to John Popes rear, he covered the last stage of...
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Civil War , in U.S. History

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...accepted. Causes The name Civil War is misleading because...In another judgment the Civil War was viewed as criminally...the tariff (which led John C. Calhoun and South...Stephen Vincent Benets John Browns Body (1928). The quantity...and the Causes of the Civil War (2001). Standard...
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Booth, John Wilkes

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

BOOTH, JOHN WILKES wilks, 1838 65, American...assisted in the capture of John Brown , but he did not enter Confederate service in the Civil War. Instead, he continued...Kauffman, American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln...

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