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Portrait of an Abolitionist
Charles E. Heller
其他書名
A Biography of George Luther Stearns, 1809-1867
出版Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 1996-02-13
主題History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)History / General
ISBN03130644829780313064487
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=07TOEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.