The zealot and the emancipator : John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the struggle for American freedom
by Brands, H. W. (Author)
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"What do moral people do when democracy countenances evil? The question, implicit in the idea that people can govern themselves, came to a head in America at the middle of the nineteenth century, in the struggle over slavery. John Brown's answer was violence--violence of a sort some in later generat... Full description
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Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Abolitionists > United States > Biography.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) > History > John Brown's Raid, 1859.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.