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A moving cultural biography of abolitionist martyr John Brown, by one of the most important African-American intellectuals of the twentieth century. In the history of slavery and its legacy, John Brown looms large as a hero whose deeds partly precipitated the Civil War. As Frederick Douglass wrote: When John Brown stretched forth his arm ... the clash of arms was at hand. DuBoiss biography brings Brown stirringly to life and is a neglected classic.

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title:John Brown : A Biography American History Through Literature
author:Du Bois, W. E. B.; Smith, John David
publisher:ME Sharpe, Inc.
isbn10 | asin:1563249715
print isbn13:9781563249716
ebook isbn13:9780585001654
language:English
subjectBrown, John, --1800-1859, Abolitionists--United States--Biography, Du Bois, W. E. B.--(William Edward Burghardt),--1868-1963--Views on human rights, African-Americans--Civil rights--Philosophy.
publication date:1997
lcc:E451.D8 1997eb
ddc:973.6/8/092
subject:Brown, John, --1800-1859, Abolitionists--United States--Biography, Du Bois, W. E. B.--(William Edward Burghardt),--1868-1963--Views on human rights, African-Americans--Civil rights--Philosophy.
Page i
JOHN BROWN
Page ii
Paul Finkelman Series Editor FREEDOM ROAD Howard Fast Introduction by Eric - photo 2
Paul Finkelman Series Editor
FREEDOM ROAD Howard Fast Introduction by Eric Foner
JOHN RANDOLPH Henry Adams Introduction by Robert McColley
THE LIFE OF WASHINGTON Mason L. Weems Introduction by Peter S. Onuf
GETTYSBURG Edited by Earl Schenk Miers and Richard A. Brown Foreword by James I. Robertson, Jr.
CLOTEL; OR, THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER William Wells Brown Introduction by Joan E. Cashin
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL FACULTIES, AND LITERATURE OF NEGROES Henri Grgoire Introduction by Graham Russell Hodges
JOHN BROWN W.E. Burghardt Du Bois Introduction by John David Smith
Page iii
JOHN BROWN
a biography by
W.E.B. DuBOIS
A new edition with primary documents and introduction by JOHN DAVID SMITH
M.E. Sharpe Armonk, New York London, England
Page iv
Copyright 1997 by M. E. Sharpe, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form
without written permission from the publisher, M. E. Sharpe, Inc.,
80 Business Park Drive, Armonk, New York 10504.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.
John Brown / W.E. Burghardt Du Bois.
A new ed. with primary documents and introduction /
by John David Smith.
Picture 3p. cm. - (American history through literature)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 1-56324-971-5 (hardcover: alk. paper).
ISBN 1-56324 972-3 (pbk.: alk. paper)
Picture 41. Brown, John, 1800-1859.
2. Abolitionists-United States-Biography.
3. Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Views on human rights.
4. Afro-Americans-Civil rights-Philosophy.
I. Smith, John David, 1949
II. Title.
III. Series.
E451.D8 1997
973.6'8'092-dc21
[B]
96-48132
CIP
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the
American National Standard for Information Sciences
Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials,
ANSI Z 39.48-1984.
BM(c) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
BM (p) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 21
Page v
To the memory of Elizabeth
Page vii
CONTENTS
Series Foreword by Paul Finkelman
ix
Introduction by John David Smith
xi
Preface
xxv
Chronology
xxvii
I
Africa and America
1
II
The Making of the Man
4
III
The Wanderjahre
8
IV
The Shepherd of the Sheep
19
V
The Vision of the Damned
33
VI
The Call of Kansas
58
VII
The Swamp of the Swan
70
VIII
The Great Plan
98
IX
The Black Phalanx
117
X
The Great Black Way
137
XI
The Blow
155
XII
The Riddle of the Sphinx
172
XIII
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