John Brown (1909)

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American Crisis Biographies

John Brown

by

W. E. BURGHARDT DU BOIS, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology, Atlanta University

Author of "The Suppression of the African Slave Trade," "The Philadelphia Negro," "The Souls of Black Folk," etc.

Philadelphia

George W. Jacobs & Company

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Copyright, 1909, by
George W. Jacobs & Company
Published September, 1909

All rights reserved
Printed in U. S. A.

© Sep. 11. 1909
CI. A⁠247375
Sep 13 1909

To
the memory of

ELIZABETH

CONTENTS

(not individually listed)

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⁠Preface

Chronology

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I.

Africa and America

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II.

The Making of the Man

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III.

The Wanderjahre

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28

IV.

The Shepherd of the Sheep

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48

V.

The Vision of the Damned

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75

VI.

The Call of Kansas

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123

VII.

The Swamp of the Swan

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145

VIII.

The Great Plan

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IX.

The Black Phalanx

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235

X.

The Great Black Way

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273

XI.

The Blow

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308

XII.

The Riddle of the Sphinx

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338

XIII.

The Legacy of John Brown

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Bibliography

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Index

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