Nat Brandt
Autor/a de The Town That Started the Civil War
Sobre l'autor
Veteran journalist Nat Brandt is the author of ten previous books. The former editor-in-chief of Publishers Weekly, Brandt was also an editor for The New York Times and managing editor of American Heritage. He is the creator of the PBS television series Crucible of the Millennium, for which he also mostra'n més served as head of research mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Publicity photo
Obres de Nat Brandt
In the Shadow of the Civil War: Passmore Williamson and the Rescue of Jane Johnson (2007) 33 exemplars
Nikola Tesla 1 exemplars
Obres associades
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1993 (1992) — Author "Is This Hell?" — 14 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1929-05-24
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Llocs de residència
- New York, New York, USA
- Educació
- University of Rochester (B.A.|history)
- Professions
- senior newswriter (CBS News)
editor (The New York Times)
managing editor (American Heritage magazine)
editor-in-chief (Publishers Weekly)
adjunct professor of journalism (New York University, Graduate School of Arts and Science; St. John’s University, Queens, New York) - Organitzacions
- Society of the Silurians (past president)
CBS News
New York Times
American Heritage
Publishers Weekly
St. John's University, New York
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 15
- També de
- 2
- Membres
- 357
- Popularitat
- #67,136
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 6
- ISBN
- 29
The biggest issue that I had with the book was the praise rendered to the abolitionist's who formed themselves into a mob, endangered the lives of civilians, besides confiscating, damaging, and destroying private property.
The issue of the Fugitive Slave Law is a complicated one. Article Four, Section Two of the constitution states the following: "No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due."
If this clause is understood in light of Biblical Law, only those Person's held to Service of Labour as punishment for crime would be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due. For under Biblical Law a slave that has escaped from his master is not to be delivered up to his master, but is to remain free without consequence (Deut 23:16-17).
Thus the Fugitive Slave Law which permitted the slave owner to recover his runaway slave was an unjust law, and the townspeople of Oberlin did right in opposing this unjust law. However, they were wrong in the manner of which they opposed the recapture of the fugitive slave. Their antinomian attitude, and flagrant disrespect for the lawful authorities lead to a dangerous standoff that could have resulted in the loss of life.
The chapter relating the aftermath was particularly insightful. Especially the portion regarding Abraham Lincoln's position on slavery and abolitionism.… (més)