The Perfect Steel Trap Harpers Ferry 1859
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The Perfect Steel Trap Harpers Ferry 1859
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Author : Bob O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Release Date : 2011-05-23
The Perfect Steel Trap Harpers Ferry 1859 written by Bob O'Connor and has been published by Infinity Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-23 with Fiction categories.
This historical novel provides eye-witness accounts of the John Brown insurrection from famous people like Robert E. Lee, from John Brown's family, and from ordinary citizens like Margarette Brown and Christine Fouke.
America S Good Terrorist
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Author : Charles P. Poland
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2020-10-31
America S Good Terrorist written by Charles P. Poland and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A biography of John Brown, examining his failed raid on Harpers Ferry, and the part his actions played in causing the Civil War. John Brown’s failed efforts at Harpers Ferry have left an imprint upon our history, and his story still swirls in controversy. Was he a madman who felt his violent solution to slavery was ordained by Providence or a heroic freedom fighter who tried to liberate the downtrodden slave? These polar opposite characterizations of the violent abolitionist have captivated Americans. The prevailing view from the time of the raid to well into the twentieth century—that his actions were the product of an unbalanced mind—has shifted to the idea that he committed courageous acts to undo a terrible injustice. Despite the differences between modern terrorist acts and Brown’s own violent acts, when Brown’s characteristics are compared to the definition of terrorism as set forth by scholars of terrorism, he fits the profile. Nevertheless, today Brown is a martyred hero who gave his life attempting to terminate the evil institution of human bondage. The modern view of Brown has unintentionally made him a “good terrorist,” despite the repugnance of terrorism that makes the thought of a benevolent or good terrorist an oxymoron. This biography covers Brown’s background and the context to his decision to carry out the raid, a detailed narrative of the raid and its consequences for both those involved and America; and an exploration of the changing characterization of Brown since his death. “Serves as both a description of the events surrounding the raid in mid-October 1869 and as a character study of the abolitionist leader John Brown.” —Argunners
Avenging Angel
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Author : Ron Field
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-11-20
Avenging Angel written by Ron Field and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-20 with History categories.
The Harpers Ferry raid confirmed for many Southerners the existence of a widespread Northern plot against slavery. In fact, Brown had raised funds for his raid from Northern abolitionists. To arm the slaves, he ordered one thousand pikes from a Connecticut manufacturer. Letters to Governor Wise betrayed the mixed feelings people held for Brown. For some, he was simply insane and should not be hanged. For others, he was a martyr to the cause of abolition, and his quick trial and execution reflected the fear and arrogance of the Virginia slave-owning aristocracy. Many Northerners condemned Brown's actions but thought him right in his conviction that slavery had to end. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and his subsequent execution further polarized North and South and made a solution of the slavery issue central to the national debate which ultimately led to Civil War in 1861.
Thought Knows No Sex
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Author : Susan Rumsey Strong
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2008-06-05
Thought Knows No Sex written by Susan Rumsey Strong and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-05 with Education categories.
Grounded in student experiences at nineteenth-century Alfred University, this social history explores the origins of women’s higher education and the rural roots of reform.
The Insurrectionist
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Author : Herb Karl
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2017-02-01
The Insurrectionist written by Herb Karl and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-01 with Fiction categories.
The Insurrectionist is a captivating historical novel that follows the militant abolitionist John Brown from his involvement in Bleeding Kansas to the invasion of Harpers Ferry and the dramatic conclusion of his subsequent trial. Herb Karl carefully blends historical detail with dramatic personal descriptions to reveal critical episodes in Brown's life, illuminating his character and the motives that led up to the Harpers Ferry invasion, giving readers a complete picture of the man who has too often been dismissed as hopelessly fanatical. Brown's friendship with Frederick Douglass and their ongoing debate on how to end slavery, his devoted family, who stand by him despite the danger, and his struggles to secure funding and political favor for his cause against deeply entrenched politicians all make for a surprisingly contemporary story of family, passion, race, and politics.
John Brown
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Author : Louis A. DeCaro
language : en
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS CO
Release Date : 2007
John Brown written by Louis A. DeCaro and has been published by INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS CO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
West Virginia History
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
West Virginia History written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with West Virginia categories.
A Fluid Frontier
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Author : Karolyn Smardz Frost
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2016-02-15
A Fluid Frontier written by Karolyn Smardz Frost and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-15 with Social Science categories.
As the major gateway into British North America for travelers on the Underground Railroad, the U.S./Canadian border along the Detroit River was a boundary that determined whether thousands of enslaved people of African descent could reach a place of freedom and opportunity. In A Fluid Frontier: Slavery, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad in the Detroit River Borderland, editors Karolyn Smardz Frost and Veta Smith Tucker explore the experiences of the area’s freedom-seekers and advocates, both black and white, against the backdrop of the social forces—legal, political, social, religious, and economic—that shaped the meaning of race and management of slavery on both sides of the river. In five parts, contributors trace the beginnings of and necessity for transnational abolitionist activism in this unique borderland, and the legal and political pressures, coupled with African Americans’ irrepressible quest for freedom, that led to the growth of the Underground Railroad. A Fluid Frontier details the founding of African Canadian settlements in the Detroit River region in the first decades of the nineteenth century with a focus on the strong and enduring bonds of family, faith, and resistance that formed between communities in Michigan and what is now Ontario. New scholarship offers unique insight into the early history of slavery and resistance in the region and describes individual journeys: the perilous crossing into Canada of sixteen-year-old Caroline Quarlls, who was enslaved by her own aunt and uncle; the escape of the Crosswhite family, who eluded slave catchers in Marshall, Michigan, with the help of others in the town; and the international crisis sparked by the escape of Lucie and Thornton Blackburn and others. With a foreword by David W. Blight, A Fluid Frontier is a truly bi-national collection, with contributors and editors evenly split between specialists in Canadian and American history, representing both community and academic historians. Scholars of the Underground Railroad as well as those in borderland studies will appreciate the interdisciplinary mix and unique contributions of this volume.
Fateful Lightning
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Author : Allen C. Guelzo
language : en
Publisher: OUP USA
Release Date : 2012-05-18
Fateful Lightning written by Allen C. Guelzo and has been published by OUP USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-18 with History categories.
A comprehensive look at the Civil War and how it shaped American history and culture, includes coverage of major figures and the war's affect on politics, religion, gender, race, diplomacy, and technology.
To Set This World Right
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Author : Sandra Harbert Petrulionis
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2006
To Set This World Right written by Sandra Harbert Petrulionis and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
In the decade before the Civil War, Concord, Massachusetts, was a center of abolitionist sentiment and activism. To Set this World Right is the first book to recover and examine the voices, events, and influence of the antebellum antislavery movement in Concord. In addressing fundamental questions about the origin and nature of radical abolitionism in this most American of towns, Sandra Harbert Petrulionis frames the antislavery ideology of Henry Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson--two of Concord's most famous residents--as a product of family and community activism and presents the civic context in which their outspoken abolitionism evolved. In this historic locale, radical abolitionism crossed racial, class, and gender lines as a confederation of neighbors fomented a radical consciousness, and Petrulionis documents how the Thoreaus, Emersons, and Alcotts worked in tandem with others in their community, including a slaveowner's daughter and a former slave. Additionally, she examines the basis on which Henry Thoreau--who cherished nothing more than solitary tramps through his beloved woods and bogs--has achieved lasting fame as a militant abolitionist. This book marshals rich archival evidence of the diverse tactics exploited by a small coterie of committed activists, largely women, who provoked their famous neighbors to action. In Concord, the fugitive slave Shadrach Minkins was clothed and fed as he made his way to freedom. In Concord, the adolescent daughters of John Brown attended school and recovered from their emotional distress after their father's notorious public hanging. Although most residents of the town maintained a practiced detachment from the plight of the enslaved, women and men whose sole objective was the moral urgency of abolishing slavery at last prevailed on the philosophers of self-culture to accept the responsibility of their reputations.