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Portrait of an Abolitionist A Biography of George Luther Stearns, 1809-1867
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By Charles E. Heller
ISBN: 0-313-29863-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29863-9
264 pages, photographs
Greenwood Press
Publication: 2/28/1996
List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions in American History
Series Number: 167
Reviews:
  • Heller has been diligent and thorough in locating Stearns materials in scattered repositories. Recommended for collections specializing in abolition or the Civil War.
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Description: George Luther Stearns became John Brown's single most important financial backer. He personally owned the 200 Sharps rifles Brown brought to Harper's Ferry. Massachusetts Governor John Andrew asked Stearns to recruit the first northern state African-American regiment, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, recently made famous by the Hollywood movie Glory. Stearns was made a major and made Assistant Adjutant General for the Recruitment of Colored Troops. He recruited over 13,000 African-Americans, established schools for their children, and found work for their families. After Emancipation, he worked tirelessly for African-American civil rights. Friends and associates included the Emersons and the Alcotts, Thoreau, Lydia Maria Child, Charles Sumner, Andrew Johnson, and Frederick Douglass.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • The Making of a Man
  • The Successful Merchant in Society
  • Personal Growth, National Collapse
  • Kansas Business
  • Financier of Insurrection
  • Emancipation, Black Soldiers, and the Major
  • The Right Way
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 95-35712
LCC Class: E415
Dewey Class: 973
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