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开 本: 16开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780375726156
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A cultural biography of John Brown, the controversial
abolitionist who used violent tactics against slavery and
single-handedly changed the course of American history. Reynolds
brings to life the Puritan warrior who gripped slavery by the
throat and triggered the Civil War. Reynolds demonstrates that
Brown’s most violent acts—including his killing of proslavery
settlers in Kansas and his historic raid on Harpers Ferry,
Virginia–were inspired by the slave revolts, guerilla warfare, and
revolutionary Christianity of the day. He shows how Brown seized
public attention, polarizing the nation and fueling the tensions
that led to the Civil War. Reynolds recounts how Brown permeated
American culture during the Civil War and beyond, and how he
planted the seeds of the civil rights movement by making a
pioneering demand for complete social and political equality for
America’s ethnic minorities.
abolitionist who used violent tactics against slavery and
single-handedly changed the course of American history. Reynolds
brings to life the Puritan warrior who gripped slavery by the
throat and triggered the Civil War. Reynolds demonstrates that
Brown’s most violent acts—including his killing of proslavery
settlers in Kansas and his historic raid on Harpers Ferry,
Virginia–were inspired by the slave revolts, guerilla warfare, and
revolutionary Christianity of the day. He shows how Brown seized
public attention, polarizing the nation and fueling the tensions
that led to the Civil War. Reynolds recounts how Brown permeated
American culture during the Civil War and beyond, and how he
planted the seeds of the civil rights movement by making a
pioneering demand for complete social and political equality for
America’s ethnic minorities.
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