His soul goes marching on : responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry raid
Title:
His soul goes marching on : responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry raid
Author:
Finkelman, Paul, 1949-
Publication Information:
Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1995.
Physical Description:
xii, 354 pages ; 25 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language:
English
Contents:
"Volcano beneath a mountain of snow" : John Brown and the problem of interpretation / Manufacturing martyrdom : the antislavery response to John Brown's raid / Blacks, John Brown, and a theory of manhood / "Cry aloud and spare not" : northern antislavery women and John Brown's raid / Crisis in conservatism : northern unionism and the Harpers Ferry raid / Incendiaries all : Southern politics and the Harpers Ferry raid / Rehearsal for secession? : the return home of southern medical students from Philadelphia in 1859 / John Brown, Henry Wise, and the politics of insanity / Servile insurrection and John Brown's body in Europe / "Guilty of holiest crime" : the passion of John Brown
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ISBN:
9780813915364
9780813915371
Format :
Book
