The man with the branded hand : the life of Jonathan Walker, abolitionist / Alvin F. Oickle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oickle, Alvin F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Walker, Jonathan, 1799-1878.

Walker, Jonathan.

Abolitionists--United States--Biography.

Abolitionists.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 298 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Yardley, Pa. : Westholme Pub., [2011]

Summary:

Yes, I Knew Jonathan Walker, and Knew Him Well, knew him to love him, and to honor him as a true man, a friend of humanity, a brave but noiseless lover of liberty, not only for himself but for all men; one who possessed the qualities of a hero and martyr, and was ready to take any risk to his own safety and personal ease to save his fellow men from slavery.... Looking into his simple, honest face, it was easy to see that on such a countenance as his no trace of infamy could be made by stocks, stripes, or branding iron. SS meant at the South, Slave Stealer, but was read by the North and all civilized men everywhere as Slave Savior. His example of self sacrifice nerved us all to more heroic endeavor in behalf of the slave. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Ordinary Man, Extraordinary Hero 1

2 The Making of a Patriot 16

3 Settling Down in Florida 34

4 The Unforgivable Crime 50

5 The Pensacola Calaboza 72

6 National Recognition 89

7 Trial and Imprisonment 109

8 The Branding 124

9 The Unholy Crusade Denounced 138

10 Freedom at Last 157

11 To Cast in My Mite for God's Poor 175

12 The Lecture Circuit 190

13 Dispirited Warrior 208

14 The Dream Fulfilled 218

15 One Final Effort 234

16 The Final Years 244

17 The Afterlife of Jonathan Walker 260.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-287) and index.

ISBN:

1594161364

9781594161360

OCLC:

697267477

Publisher Number:

99944002473