Freedom Rising

  • Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War
    By Ernest B. Furgurson

    ... a portly senator rang the bell of a brick townhouse, and a hall lamp briefly lit his eager face as he was admitted to the presence of Rose O'Neal Greenhow. Henry Wilson of Massachusetts often came visiting the widow Greenhow.

  • Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War
    By Ernest B. Furgurson

    [Henry Wilson], “Edwin l\1. Stanton," p. 237. Ibid., p. 236; Dawes. p. 162. Ric/mzo/1a'Enqm'rer, 26 Dee. 1860. Charles P. Stone, "Wasl1i11gto11 on the Eve ofthe \\'ar," pp. 7-11. New Y0rl' Tinms and Star, 1_]an. 1861.

  • Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation
    By Christian Welzel

    This book presents a comprehensive theory of why human freedom gave way to increasing oppression since the invention of states - and why this trend began to reverse itself more recently, leading to a rapid expansion of universal freedoms ...

  • Freedom Rising
    By Christian Welzel

    To measure the distance from religious authority, I use items indicating (a) whether a person describes him- or herself as a “religious person,” (b) whether a respondent mentions “faith” as an important child quality, ...

  • Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation
    By Christian Welzel

    This book presents a comprehensive theory of why human freedom gave way to increasing oppression since the invention of states - and why this trend began to reverse itself more recently, leading to a rapid expansion of universal freedoms ...