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UNINA9910966510503321 |
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McGinty Brian |
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John Brown's trial / / Brian McGinty |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (381 p.) |
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Trials (Treason) - Virginia |
Abolitionists - United States |
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) History John Brown's Raid, 1859 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-338) and index. |
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To free the slaves -- Carrying the war into Africa -- Framing the charges -- The indictment -- The jury is summoned -- The testimony begins -- The name and the shadow of a fair trial -- The quiet was deceptive -- The verdict -- The sentence -- The execution -- Marching on. |
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Mixing idealism with violence, abolitionist John Brown cut a wide swath across the United States before winding up in Virginia, where he led an attack on the U.S. armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Supported by a "provisional army" of 21 men, Brown hoped to rouse the slaves in Virginia to rebellion. But he was quickly captured and, after a short but stormy trial, hanged on December 2, 1859. Brian McGinty provides the first comprehensive account of the trial, which raised important questions about jurisdiction, judicial fairness, and the nature of treason under the American constitutional system. |
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UNINA9910956188603321 |
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Wieder Alan <1949-> |
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Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the war against apartheid / / Alan Wieder ; foreword by Nadine Gordimer |
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New York, : Monthly Review Press, 2013 |
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9781583673584 |
158367358X |
9781583673591 |
1583673598 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (391 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Anti-apartheid activists - South Africa |
Political activists - South Africa |
Civil rights workers - South Africa |
Communists - South Africa |
Anti-apartheid movements - South Africa |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction -- From the shtetl to South Africa -- War, wits, politics and Ruth meets Joe -- Apartheid, children, and the beginning of the struggle -- The treason trials, and underground action -- Sharpeville, prison, and exile -- The initial exile : ; living in London -- Academics, writing, and activism : ; moving toward Africa -- Academics and revolution : ; taking the struggle home -- Assassination, grief, and expulsion from Maputo -- Lusaka, marriage, and the beginning of the journey home -- Home -- Election, ministry, resting in Soweto -- Epilogue. |
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Ruth First and Joe Slovo, husband and wife, were leaders of the war to end apartheid in South Africa. Communists, scholars, parents, and uncompromising militants, they were the perfect enemies for the white police state. Together they were swept up in the growing resistance to apartheid, and together they experienced repression and exile. Their contributions to the liberation struggle, as individuals and as a couple, are undeniable. Ruth agitated tirelessly for the overthrow of apartheid, |
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first in South Africa and then from abroad, and Joe directed much of the armed struggle carried out by the |
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