John Brown
by Du Bois, W. E. B., (William Edward Burghardt)
"In the history of slavery and its legacy, the figure of John Brown looms large as a righteous and bloody abolitionist martyr whose insurrection against slavery polarized a nation and precipitated the Civil War. In this brilliant but long-forgotten cultural biography by one of the greatest African American intellectuals of the twentieth century, W.E.B. Du Bois re-creates the story of Brown's life and death, illuminating the enduring significance of a man who, in Frederick Douglass's words, "beg…
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- Full title :John Brown / W.E.B. Du Bois ; edited and with an introduction by David Roediger.
Summary
"In the history of slavery and its legacy, the figure of John Brown looms large as a righteous and bloody abolitionist martyr whose insurrection against slavery polarized a nation and precipitated the Civil War. In this brilliant but long-forgotten cultural biography by one of the greatest African American intellectuals of the twentieth century, W.E.B. Du Bois re-creates the story of Brown's life and death, illuminating the enduring significance of a man who, in Frederick Douglass's words, "began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic.""--BOOK JACKET.
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- Publication Date:2001.
- Edition:2001 Modern Library pbk. ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Modern Library
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2001.
Notes
Originally published: Philadelphia : G.W. Jacobs, 1909. With new introd.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxix, 266 pages : : maps ; : 21 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0679783539, 9780679783534
- oclc:ocm45963085
- LC Classification:E451
- Dewey Decimal:973.7/116/092
Table of Contents
Africa and America -- Making of the man -- Wanderjahre -- Shepherd of the sheep -- Vision of the damned -- Call of Kansas -- Swamp of the swan -- Great plan -- Black phalanx -- Great black way -- The blow -- Riddle of the Sphinx -- Legacy of John Brown -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Note on the text -- Discussion guide -- Index.
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