His soul goes marching on : responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry raid edited by Paul Finkelman

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Finkelman, Paul, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brown, John, 1800-1859.

Brown, John.

West Virginia--Jefferson Co--Harpers Ferry--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859.

West Virginia.

Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859.

Local Subjects:

Brown, John, 1800-1859.

Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859.

Physical Description:

xii, 354 p. ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1995.

Contents:

"Volcano beneath a mountain of snow" : John Brown and the problem of interpretation / Bertram Wyatt-Brown

Manufacturing martyrdom : the antislavery response to John Brown's raid / Paul Finkelman

Blacks, John Brown, and a theory of manhood / Daniel C. Littlefield

"Cry aloud and spare not" : northern antislavery women and John Brown's raid / Wendy Hamand Venet

Crisis in conservatism : northern unionism and the Harpers Ferry raid / Peter Knupfer

Incendiaries all : Southern politics and the Harpers Ferry raid / Peter Wallenstein

Rehearsal for secession? : the return home of southern medical students from Philadelphia in 1859 / James O. Breeden

John Brown, Henry Wise, and the politics of insanity / Robert E. McGlone

Servile insurrection and John Brown's body in Europe / Seymour Drescher

"Guilty of holiest crime" : the passion of John Brown / Charles Joyner

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0813915368 (cloth)

0813915376 (paper)

OCLC:

30543919