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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

...concerning her interview with Brown descendant, Beatrice...KMs notes from Owen Browns Story of taking Shields...Kennedy Farm, in Oliver Brown and Martha His Wife folder...16 17, 65 66; John Browns Kin May Meet at Harpers...biblical text cited is John 3:14, King James Version...been influenced by pro-slavery versions that minimize...
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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

...to the battlefield. John Brown was just as doubtful...to the destruction of slavery in a crowded church...Before Brown confronted slavery he too needed reassurance...how many hairs were on Browns graying head and Brown had a part to play in...
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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

...he had selected as the grand point of attack on slavery. JOHN BROWN IN BOSTON. I met John Brown in Boston in January, 1857; and many of...told, he exhibited the chain worn by his son John in Kansas, and, with a gesture and voice never...
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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

...GODS STONE IN THE POOL OF SLAVERY I On a rainswept October...in 1859, grizzled old John Brown led a handful of revolutionaries...North and South in which slavery would be destroyed. For fifty-nine-year-old John Brown, a failure in virtually...
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Between Slavery and Freedom: Special Magistrate John Anderson's Journal of St. Vincent during the Apprenticeship

Book by Roderick A. Mcdonald; University of the West Indies Press, 2001

Subjects:

Anderson, John--1798-1839, Apprenticeship Programs--Saint Vincent--History--19th Century, Blacks--Saint Vincent--History--19th Century, Saint Vincent--Description And Travel, Saint Vincent--Race Relations, Saint Vincent--Social Conditions--19th Century, Saint Vincent--Social Life And Customs--19th Century, Social Classes--Saint Vincent--History--19th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

Hodgson, John Studholme. Truths from...London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1848. Scoble, John. British Guiana. Speech...delivered at the anti-slavery meeting in Exeter hall...Andrews, 1838. Stewart, John. A View of the Past...

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Journal Articles on: john brown slavery

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John Brown's Body: Slavery, Violence, and the Culture of War

Journal article by Stanley Harrold; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 90, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, John Brown's Body: Slavery, Violence, and the Culture of War (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

John Browns Body: Slavery, Violence, and the...Harrold Franny Nudelman, John Browns Body: Slavery, Violence, and the...Beginning with abolitionist John Browns body, she analyzes...have many others) that Brown intended his execution...
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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...war against slavery. Few historians...culture of slavery that had...retaliation, John Brown, unlike...not condone Browns actions...between John Brown and Nat Turner...Nudelman, John Browns Body: Slavery, Violence...
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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 Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War...Duncan Andrew Campbell John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War...since his execution, John Brown (1800-1859...success, argues that in Browns case, this was not merely...
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'The Cause' of the American Civil War: John Spicer Judges That Slavery Was the Key Factor in Producing the Conflict

Journal article by John Spicer; History Review, 2004

Subjects:

Slavery, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Analysis, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes of, United States history--Analysis, United States history--Causes of, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865

Collections: History, Entire Library

...destroying slavery. Within months...Southerners came with John Browns raid on the...Ferry in 1859. Brown and his extended...the issue of slavery and pretend...that men like John Calhoun, William...the 1850s. John Brown was described...consequence of Browns raid was the...they wanted slavery or not, Congress...
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John Brown's Trial

Journal article by Alexander Tsesis; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 77, 2011

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Books--Book reviews, John Brown's Trial (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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John Browns Trial. by Alexander Tsesis John Browns Trial. By Brian...the Virginia trial of John Brown for his raid on the Harpers...as Browns execution. John E. Cook published the...Browns convictions against slavery and the firestorm he...

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Magazine Articles on: john brown slavery

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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...Osawatomie, and Browns cool-headed...the issue of slavery under control...same road that Brown took to Harpers...who demanded Browns surrender was...soldiers at Browns execution was...reckoning with slavery and secession...one great "John Brown raid" into...
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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

...Avenger: John Brown and Liberty...When they hanged John Brown for treason...powerful is John Browns saga as anti-slavery partisan, and...save or destroy slavery.... What...the issue of slavery were inseparable...all. It became John Browns war, his posthumous...swung old John Brown for his foray...
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Brown University Committee Examines Historical Ties to Slavery

Magazine article; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 21, March 25, 2004

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African Americans, Brown University, Committees, History, Schools, Slavery

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

Brown University...Historical Ties to Slavery Brown University...historical ties to slavery and debate...article in Browns alumni magazine...Nicholas Brown, who was one...Nicholas brother, John Brown, paid...and to build Browns University...continued to defend slavery until his death...American ports. John Brown became...
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Confronting the Legacy of Slavery and the Slave Trade: Brown University Investigates Its Painful Past

Magazine article by James T. Campbell; UN Chronicle, Vol. 44, September 2007

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Brown University--Investigations, Slavery, Universities and colleges

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...the work of Moses Brown, one of the early...the slave trade. Browns campaign brought...his older brother John, who emerged as...most vocal critic. John Brown would later...debated the merits of slavery and abolition in...years, but we at Brown finally answered...served as chair of Browns Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice. His...
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John Brown: Triumphant Failure

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

Subjects:

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

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...Illinois, in 1837, Brown stood at the...to make war on slavery. John Browns Holy War does...makers of John Browns Holy War have...of the world. John Brown broke the law...who defended slavery had to execute John Brown although...

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Newspaper Articles on: john brown slavery

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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

Subjects:

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

...instead of himself. Brown rejected an insanity...Virginias most vocal pro-slavery and pro-secession leaders, acquired a number of Browns slave pikes. He sent...Republican Revolution. John Steuart Currys painting Tragic Prelude depicts John Browns guerilla war against slavery in Kansas in 1856-57...
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Brown Will Apologise to Half a Million Children Sent Abroad to a Life of Slavery

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 23, 2010

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Slavery

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

Brown Will Apologise to Half...Abroad to a Life of Slavery. Byline: Joe Murphy...to lives of near-slavery and abuse will be made...YEARS TO FIND MY MOTHER JOHN HENNESSY, originally...sister Mary Reunited: John Hennessy with his mother...
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Harpers Ferry Raid Aided by Many Blacks; John Brown's Rebellion Enticed Hundreds

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 19, 2009

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African Americans, Slavery

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

...With eighteen men John Brown overpowered a town of...Douglass said, If John Brown did not end the war that...had they been all John Browns; it was the five black...born black man supported Brown. Martin R. Delany...Leary, Shields Green, John Copeland and Dangerfield...two had been born into slavery and three were free black...
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Like Father like Son; John Brown's Raid Failed, Junior's Never Got Started

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), July 2, 2009

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

...Like Father like Son; John Browns Raid Failed, Juniors Never Got Started. Byline: John Lockwood, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES John Browns raid on Harpers...in American history. Brown hoped slaves would flock...a private war against slavery. It didnt work. The...
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LABOUR HOPEFUL SACKED IN TWITTER SHAME; CANDIDATE JOKES ABOUT SLAVERY, ATTACKS 'CHAVS' AND 'COFFIN DODGERS'; Sacked Candidate's Four-Letter Tweets 'Unacceptable', Says Party

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 9, 2010

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Slavery--Political aspects

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

...CANDIDATE JOKES ABOUT SLAVERY, ATTACKS CHAVS AND...was sacked by Gordon Brown today for joking about slavery and describing elderly...Downing Street, Sarah Brown, Ed Balls, Ben Bradshaw...said Commons Speaker John Bercow was an "opportunist...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: john brown slavery

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Slavery

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...compromiser; Daniel Webster ; John C. Calhoun ; Stephen...broader questions than slavery, including the constitutional...Harpers Ferry raid of John Brown . The struggle became...North brought an end to slavery in the United States...
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Franklin, John Hope

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

FRANKLIN, JOHN HOPE 1915 2009, the...the American South, on slavery and Reconstruction...the pioneering From Slavery to Freedom (1947; 8th...brief for the landmark Brown v. Board of Education...the nucleus of Dukes John Hope Franklin Research...
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Tubman, Harriet

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Dorchester co., Md. Born into slavery, she escaped to Phildelphia in 1849...She became a speaker on the anti-slavery lecture circuit and a friend of the principal abolitionists, and John Brown almost certainly confided his Harpers...
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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

...Northern abolitionist John Brown and by the vigorous proslavery...not the abolition of slavery, remained the principal...Johnston and then by John B. Hood , won the Atlanta...been saved and in which slavery was now abolished. The...Stephen Vincent Benets John Browns Body (1928). The quantity...
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Abolitionists

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...the abolition of slavery in the District of...and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. The abolitionists...Writers such as John Greenleaf Whittier...occurred in the raid of John Brown on Harpers Ferry...The Crusade against Slavery, 1830 1860 (1960...

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