“Providence in the Thought of Douglass, Brown, Lincoln and Brownson” - Dr. Adam Seagrave

Our academic retreat on The American Republic concluded with Dr. Adam Seagrave’s lecture on how Frederick Douglass, John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and Orestes Brownson each conceived of providence. While the four thinkers differed in their articulations of providential action, their shared belief in divine destiny exhorts modern Americans to think on a higher plane.

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