The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the Struggle for American Freedom Horror_Gift_Guide An Economist Best Book of

An Economist Best Book of 2022

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The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the Struggle for American Freedom Horror_Gift_Guide An Economist Best Book ofFrom the acclaimed historian and bestselling author: a page turning account of the epic struggle over slavery as embodied by John Brown and Abraham Lincolntwo men moved to radically different acts to confront our nations gravest sin. John Brown was a charismatic and deeply religious man who heard the God of the Old Testament speaking to him, telling him to destroy slavery by any means. When Congress opened Kansas territory to slavery in 1854, Brown