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Article: Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America.(John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery' Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights)(Book review)
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- The Journal of Southern History
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America. By Fergus M. Bordewich. (New York: HarperCollins, Amistad, c. 2005. Pp. xx, 540. $27.95, ISBN 0-06-052430-8.)
John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery' Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights. By David S. Reynolds. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Pp. x, 578. $35.00, ISBN 0-375-41188-7.)
These bold and lively narratives seek to reinforce what was called in the sixties a "usable past," an approach wherein radical dissenters altered American history in progressive directions. In our current hyper-conservative public climate, discussion of such alternative ...