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1 online resource (30 min.) |
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Martyr, madman, murderer, hero: John Brown remains one of history's most controversial and misunderstood figures. In the 1850s, he and his ragtag guerrilla group embarked on a righteous crusade against slavery that was based on religious faith -- yet carried out with shocking violence. His execution at Harpers Ferry sparked a chain of events that led to the Civil War. Banks talks about Wilderness - chopping trees, sound of an ax familiar, Wilderness - silence, unimaginable to us today, Wilderness - imagine darkness, cold, wind, need for sanity, Sanity - John Brown mad? important question, Sanity - concluded John Brown incredibly sane, not always rational, Sanity - John Brown more sane than Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, etc, Sanity - whites think insane, blacks think sane, Sanity - acts were crazy in racist society, heroic to blacks, Sanity - white/black, John Brown emblematic of our history, culture, Seminary/Personality - wanted to preach, not intellectual, Business - obsessive dream to succeed, 1830s like 1980s, Business - he could do it honestly, Business/Man of Times - desire to get rich quick, Man of Times - working class, rural, typical # of kids, Family/Farming - needed children for labor, Tannery/Success - young "chieftain" carving out a community, Childhood (Ohio was "West") / Cattle drive extraordinary, Cattle drive - Western feat, physically unimaginable, Personality - emotional intensity, exciting/terrifying, Description of John Brown - tall, big man, though actually not that big, Personality - funny, playful, children felt comfortable w/him, John Brown as Father - kids trusted him, John Brown as Father - had great humanity, earned respect & loyalty, Family - bustling, loud, argumentative, news, Bible, morality, Family - small farmhouse w/ yammering kids, kids articulate, Family - campfire conversation origins of American Indians |
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Title from resource description page (viewed August 21, 2017) |
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Interviewee, Russell Banks |
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In English |
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Banks, Russell, 1940-2023 -- Interviews
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Brown, John, 1800-1859.
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Banks, Russell, 1940-2023 fast |
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Brown, John, 1800-1859 fast |
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Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography
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Antislavery movements -- United States.
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Christianity and politics -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Abolitionists
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Antislavery movements
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Christianity and politics
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Politics and government
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1861. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140435
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United States
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interviews.
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Biographies
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History
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Interviews
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Unedited footage
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Interviews.
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Unedited footage.
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Interviews.
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Streaming video
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Banks, Russell, 1940-2023, interviewee
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Kenner, Robert, 1950- director, producer.
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
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