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

Contributor Finkelman, Paul, 1949-

Imprint:Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1995.

Descriptionxii, 354 p. ; 25 cm.

Note:Pt.I. An Introduction to John Brown: Preface: John Brown and his raid / Paul Finkelman. - "A volcano beneath a mountain of snow": John Brown and the problem of interpretation / Bertram Wyatt-Brown. - Pt.II.Northern supporters of 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. - Pt.III.Northern and Southern Opponents of Brown: A crisis in conservatism: Northern unionism and the Harpers Ferry Raid / Peter Knupfer. - Incendiaries all: Southern politics and the Harpers Ferry Riad / Peter Wallenstein. - Rehearsal for secession? The return home of southern medical students from Philadelphia in 1859 / James O. Breeden. --Pt.IV.Beyond sectionalism: 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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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