John Brown

by DuBois,W. E. B.

• ISBN13: 9781563249716
• ISBN10: 1563249715
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-12-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

First published in 1909, W.E.B. Du Bois's biography of abolitionist John Brown is a literary and historical classic. With a rare combination of scholarship and passion, Du Bois defends Brown against all detractors who saw him as a fanatic, fiend, or traitor. Brown emerges as a rich personality, fully understandable as an unusual leader with a deeply religious outlook and a devotion to the cause of freedom for the slave.

This new edition is enriched with an introduction by John David Smith and with supporting documents relating to Du Bois's correspondence with his publisher.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	ix
Paul Finkelman
Introduction	xi
John David Smith
Preface	xxv
Chronology	xxvii
Africa and America	1	(3)
The Making of the Man	4	(4)
The Wanderjahre	8	(11)
The Shepherd of the Sheep	19	(14)
The Vision of the Damned	33	(25)
The Call of Kansas	58	(12)
The Swamp of the Swan	70	(28)
The Great Plan	98	(19)
The Black Phalanx	117	(20)
The Great Black Way	137	(18)
The Blow	155	(17)
The Riddle of the Sphinx	172	(14)
The Legacy of John Brown	186	(17)
Bibliography	203	(2)
Related Documents	205	(12)
Index	217