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Index Note: JB = John Brown. Abolitionism: and JB’s radicalism, 11, 12, 13, 19, 25, 34, 55–56, 71, 82–83, 95; JB’s sympathies with, 11, 199 (n. 7), 199–200 (n. 8); JB’s dedication to, 11–12, 13, 17, 29, 43, 44–45, 53, 97, 130, 221 (n. 102); and violence, 15, 17, 18, 25, 48, 204 (n. 44); and Redpath, 24–26, 28–29, 205 (nn. 48, 64); and JB’s fundraising, 29–30, 33, 69; Booth as opponent of, 45; and JB’s martyrdom, 50, 53; and Sanborn, 68–69, 70, 71; and Du Bois’s biography of JB, 85; and Oswald Garrison Villard, 98, 129, 221 (n. 102); and Benét’s John Brown’s Body, 115; and Warren, 132; paternalism of, 198 (n. 2); and JB’s family, 201 (n. 28); and Fugitive-Agrarian movement, 228 (n. 31); Craven on, 230–31 (n. 82); and Davidson, 231 (n. 86) Abraham Lincoln (film), 118 Action Française, 126, 228 (n. 34) Activism: and symbolic John Browns, 4, 5, 80, 198 (n. 8); and Redpath, 24; and Sanborn , 68; and Du Bois, 82; and Oswald Garrison Villard, 91, 103, 218 (n. 48), 223 (n. 123); and civil rights movement, 183–84 Adair, Samuel, 23, 204 (n. 34) Alcott, A. Bronson, 33, 68, 71 Allegheny Mountains, 12, 14, 36, 173 Allen, Henry J., 149–50 Allstadt, John, 39–41 Alston, Charles, 160, 161 American Artists School, 161 American Crisis series, 82 American Historical Review, 222 (n. 113) American memory: JB’s presence in, 1, 2–3, 6, 7–8, 32, 54, 60–62, 181–82, 235 (n. 4), 246 (n. 60); and Bleeding Kansas, 18, 201 (n. 4); and Walker, 187–88, 191–92, 193 American Regionalists, 145, 146, 148, 234 (n. 20) American War Mothers, 155 Anderson, Osborne, 56–57, 207 (n. 27), 209 (n. 64) Anti-abortion activists. See Pro-life movement Aptheker, Herbert, 217 (n. 26) Art: and symbolic John Browns, 4, 5, 62–63, 144, 158, 198 (n. 8), 235 (n. 1) Art Digest, 151, 240 (n. 64) Ashtabula (OH) Sentinel, 48 Atchison, David, 19 Atlanta Race Riot of 1906, 82 Atlantic Monthly, 71, 97 Attaway, William, 160 Augusta Comfort, 76 Baigell, Matthew, 233 (n. 19), 233–34 (n. 20) Baltimore Sun, 120 266 Index Banks, Russell: Cloudsplitter, 245–46 (n. 60) Bannarn, Henry W., 160, 161, 237 (nn. 24, 31) Barber, Jesse Max, 104 Barnum, P. T., 62, 212 (n. 31) Battell, Robin, 65, 212 (n. 32) “Battle Hymn of the Republic” (Howe), 210 (n. 5) Bearden, Romare, 236 (n. 13) Beecher, Lyman, 126 Benét, Frances, 107 Benét, James Walker, 107 Benét, Stephen Vincent: and Pulitzer Prize, 106, 110–11; background of, 107, 186; Five Men and Pompey, 107–8; Heavens and Earth, 108; Young Adventure, 108; short story writing of, 108–9; and Griffith, 118; and Mitchell, 119; and symbolic John Browns, 156, 182, 198 (n. 5). See also John Brown’s Body (Benét) Benét, William Rose, 109, 110 Benton, Thomas Hart, 145, 146, 148–50, 151 Biddle, George, 233 (n. 13) Bierce, L. V., 53 Bin Laden, Osama, 198 (n. 7) The Birth of a Nation (film), 118, 187 Bismarck, Otto von, 87 Black, J. W., 42 Black Americans: and JB’s paternalism, 1, 15, 195; JB as redeeming hero of, 5; and symbolic John Browns, 7, 56, 57, 58–60, 67, 76, 77–78, 80, 104, 173, 210–11 (n. 8); JB’s reputation among, 32–36, 57, 83, 84; and Harpers Ferry raid, 34, 36, 37, 83; and Tremont Temple riot, 55; memorials to JB, 76, 215 (n. 83); and Du Bois’s biography of JB, 82–83, 86; and JB’s martyrdom, 83, 84; Oswald Garrison Villard ’s views of, 100–102, 223 (n. 121), 224 (n. 137); and Benét’s John Brown’s Body, 112, 116; and Warren, 131, 132, 141–42, 229 (n. 61); and Curry, 148, 233 (n. 19), 233–34 (n. 20); attitude toward Pottawatomie massacre, 206 (n. 2) Black Panthers, 8, 185 Black regiments, 58–59 Black String Organization, 48 Bleeding Kansas: and symbolic John Browns, 3, 18, 27–30, 86, 144, 201 (n. 4), 202 (n. 6), 205 (n. 67), 217 (n. 30); and JB’s rise to fame, 3–4, 5, 6, 7, 17, 29, 32–33; violence of, 18, 20–24, 26, 28, 201 (n. 4), 205 (n. 67); and American memory , 18, 201 (n. 4); and Pottawatomie massacre, 22–24, 25...

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