Portrait of an Abolitionist: A Biography of George Luther Stearns, 1809-1867

by Charles E. Heller

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313298637
• ISBN13: 9780313298639
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"