| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Life and times -- Bleeding Kansas -- Raising an army of one hundred volunteers -- Carrying the war into Africa -- An American Spartacus -- A setting possessed of imposing grandeur -- The battle at Harper's Ferry -- Year of meteors -- 1860 -- Terrible swift sword -- His truth is marching on -- Buffeted by sleet and by storm -- Lincoln's emancipation -- Men of color, to arms! -- Battles for liberty, battles for Union -- War for the total expiation of slavery -- One more river to cross -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
William S. King narrates the coming of the Civil War, the war itself, and the emancipation process, through the intertwined lives of John Brown and Frederick Douglass |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Brown, John, 1800-1859.
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
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| SUBJECT |
Brown, John, 1800-1859 fast |
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 fast |
| Subject |
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation.
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| SUBJECT |
Emancipation Proclamation (United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)) fast |
| Subject |
Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140205
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014498272 |
| ISBN |
9781594165627 |
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1594165629 |
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