{"product_id":"portrait-of-an-abolitionist-charles-e-heller-9780313298639","title":"Portrait of an Abolitionist: A Biography of George Luther Stearns, 1809-1867","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eGlory\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles E. Heller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313298637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313298639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.55h x 6.46w x 1.11d","brand":"Charles E. Heller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44119570055423,"sku":"9780313298639","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ffbd02f8-a668-496a-84d0-409b7c1bf4ab.jpg?v=1687409965","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/portrait-of-an-abolitionist-charles-e-heller-9780313298639","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}