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Old John Brown The Man Whose Soul Is Marching On
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Author : Walter Hawkins
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-07-03
Old John Brown The Man Whose Soul Is Marching On written by Walter Hawkins and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-03 with categories.
Old John Brown, the man whose soul is marching on by Walter Hawkins CHAPTER I WHY WE WRITE OUR STORY There are few who have not a dim notion of John Brown as a name bound up with the stirring events of the United States in the period which preceded the Civil War and the emancipation of the slave. Many English readers, however, do not get beyond the limits of the famous couplet, John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave, But his soul is marching on. That statement is authentic in both its clauses, but it is interesting to learn what he did with the body before it commenced a dissolution which seems to have been regarded as worth recording. Carlyle says in his grimly humorous way of the gruesome elevation of the head of one of his patriotic heroes on Temple Bar, 'It didn't matter: he had quite done with it.' And we might say the same of the body which was hanged at Charlestown in 1859. In his devoutly fatalistic way John Brown had presented his body a living sacrifice to the cause of human freedom, and had at last slowly reached the settled opinion that it was worth more to the cause dead than alive. Such a soul, so masterful in its treatment of the body, was likely to march on without it. And it did in the years that followed, This Abolitionist raider, with a rashness often sublime in its devotion, precipitated the national crisis which issued in the Civil War and Emancipation. There are lives of brave men which set us thinking for the most part of human power and skill: we watch bold initiators of some wise policy carrying their enterprise through with indomitable courage and in-exhaustible patience, and we are lost in admiration of the hero. But there are other brave lives which leave us thinking more of unseen forces which impelled them than of their own splendid qualities. They never seem masters of destiny, but its intrepid servants. They shape events while they hardly know how or why; they seem to be rather driven by fate than to be seeking fame or power. They go out like Abraham, 'not knowing whither they go, ' only that, like him, they have heard a call. Sometimes they sorely tax the loyalty of their admirers with their eccentricities and their defiance of the conventions of their age. Wisdom is only justified of these, her strange children, in the next generation. Prominent among such lives is that of John Brown. The conscience of the Northern States on the question of slavery needed but some strong irritant to arouse it to vigorous action, and, the hanging of John Brown sufficed. The institution of slavery became both ridiculous and hateful to multitudes because so good a man must be done to death to preserve it. The verdict of Victor Hugo, 'What the South slew last December was not John Brown, but slavery, ' found an echo in many minds. And when the long, fierce conflict, through which Emancipation came, was begun, the quaint lines, John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave, But his soul is marching on, became one of the mightiest of the battle-songs which... We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Old John Brown The Man Whose Soul Is Marching On
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Author : Walter Hawkins
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2022-11-11
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Reminiscences Of The Old John Brown
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Author : G. W. Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
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The Hanging Of Old Brown
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Author : Gregory Toledo
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2002-07-30
The Hanging Of Old Brown written by Gregory Toledo and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-07-30 with History categories.
Captured by United States Marines at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, a fifty-nine year old farmer was quickly brought to trial in nearby Charlestown and convicted of three capital crimes: treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia; conspiring with slaves to rebel; and murder. In a field on the outskirts of town he was hanged before fifteen hundred soldiers. Colonel Robert E. Lee, Professor Thomas J. Jackson, and John Wilkes Booth stood watching. The Hanging of Old Brown attempts to remove the veils that separate the contemporary observer from an understanding of the events and the convictions that brought John Brown to a Virginia scaffold ready to die. Brown struggled to find redemption for himself and his nation. His war on slavery and eventual execution would reap the whirlwinds that would herald the destruction of slavery. Beginning with events of 1776, Toledo provides the historical context of John Brown's war, enabling readers to approach this abolitionist visionary with a better understanding of the period that defined him. Toledo hopes to dispel notions that Brown was a mere fanatic or deranged militant. This work invites readers to become acquainted with a man who is, in the end, both flawed and heroic, always deliberate, and ultimately triumphant.
Old John Brown The Man Whose Soul Is Marching On
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Author : Walter Hawkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
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Old John Brown
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Old John Brown written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Abolitionists categories.
John Brown Abolitionist
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Author : David S. Reynolds
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2009-07-29
John Brown Abolitionist written by David S. Reynolds and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An authoritative new examination of John Brown and his deep impact on American history.Bancroft Prize-winning cultural historian David S. Reynolds presents an informative and richly considered new exploration of the paradox of a man steeped in the Bible but more than willing to kill for his abolitionist cause. Reynolds locates Brown within the currents of nineteenth-century life and compares him to modern terrorists, civil-rights activists, and freedom fighters. Ultimately, he finds neither a wild-eyed fanatic nor a Christ-like martyr, but a passionate opponent of racism so dedicated to eradicating slavery that he realized only blood could scour it from the country he loved. By stiffening the backbone of Northerners and showing Southerners there were those who would fight for their cause, he hastened the coming of the Civil War. This is a vivid and startling story of a man and an age on the verge of calamity.
John Brown
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Author : Alfred Seelye Roe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
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Reading The Old Man
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Author : Bruce A. Ronda
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 2008
Reading The Old Man written by Bruce A. Ronda and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
"In this absorbing book, Bruce Ronda examines the representations of Brown chronologically, ranging from Thoreau's "Plea for Captain John Brown" - with its ardent defense of Brown as a patriot, Transcendentalist, and true New Englander - through treatments by anonymous southern writers and well-known authors such as John Greenleaf Whittier, Herman Melville, Richard Henry Dana, Frederick Douglass, William Dean Howells, and E. A. Robinson. Ronda then considers the major treatments of Brown in the early to mid-twentieth century by W. E. B. DuBois, Stephen Vincent Benet, and Robert Penn Warren. Of particular interest are discussions of a 1930s poem by Muriel Rukeyser, Truman Nelson's 1960 novel The Surveyor, and artwork by Jacob Lawrence. He concludes with studies of novels by three contemporary authors: Russell Banks, Michelle Cliff, and Bruce Olds."--BOOK JACKET.
John Brown A Retrospect
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Author : Alfred S. Roe
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-12-12
John Brown A Retrospect written by Alfred S. Roe and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-12 with Fiction categories.
"John Brown: A Retrospect: Read before The Worcester Society of Antiquity, Dec. 2, 1884, authored by Alfred S. Roe, offers a historical perspective on the controversial figure of John Brown. Roe's work presents a retrospective analysis of Brown's actions and their impact on society. Through meticulous research and nuanced exploration, this book contributes to a deeper understanding of Brown's place in history."