Freedom's Dawn (eBook)

The Last Days of John Brown in Virginia

Louis DeCaro (Autor)

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2015
476 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-3673-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Louis DeCaro, Jr., associate professor of history at The Alliance Theological Seminary in New York City, is the author of Fire from the Midst of You: A Religious Life of John Brown (2002) as well as works on Malcolm X and the urban church.

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John Brown's failed raid on the federal armory in Harper's Ferry Virginia served as a vital precursor to the Civil War, but its importance to the struggle for justice is free standing and exceptional in the history of the United States. In Freedoms Dawn, Louis DeCaro, Jr., has written the first book devoted exclusively to Brown during the six weeks between his arrest and execution. DeCaro traces his evolution from prisoner to convicted felon, to a prophetic figure, then martyr, and finally the rise of his legacy. In doing so he touches upon major biographical themes in Brown's story, but also upon antebellum political issues, violence and terrorism, and the themes of political imprisonment and martyrdom.

Inhalt

Section I: October’s Prisoner Chapter 1. I Know These Mountains Well Chapter 2. Hundreds of Slaves Were Ready Chapter 3. A Swath of Blood Chapter 4. Clothed in Rags and All His Human WeaknessChapter 5. I Am Ready for My FateSection II: November’s Felon Chapter 6. Prejudice Ruled That HourChapter 7. Like a Block of StoneChapter 8. In the Uttermost Parts of the SeaChapter 9. The Days and Nights in CharlestownChapter 10. Editors, Letters, and Old FriendsSection III: When in the Perfect Scheme of God Chapter 11. Virginia Quakes, the South Trembles in Sympathy Chapter 12. The Ashes of the PastChapter 13. The Celebrity of the Day Chapter 14. Now the Tinder is Ready Chapter 15. Ten Thousand Photographs Section IV: December’s Martyr Chapter 16. Time Seems a Laggard Chapter 17. The Majesty of Death Chapter 18. Like a String that Snaps Chapter 19. A Text for the Nation Epilogue: A Terrible Vial

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.6.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: African American History • Baltimore American • Charlestown • David Strother • Edward "Ned" House • Frederick Douglass • George H. Hoyt • Governor Henry Wise • harper's ferry • Harper's Ferry raid • Hiram Griswold • Jailer Avis • John Brown • John W. Gallaher • Judge Richard Parker • martyrdom • Mary Brown • Ned House • New-York Daily Tribune • New York Herald • New York Illustrated News • political imprisonment • Prosecutor Andrew Hunter • Samuel Chilton • Senator James Mason • Sheriff James Campbell • Simpson Donavin • Wendell Phillips • W.W.B. Gallaher
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-3673-6 / 1442236736
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-3673-8 / 9781442236738