Rifles.
He was a clergyman who said that rifles might be more use than Bibles in this conflict over slavery.
The rifles were known as 'Beecher's bibles'.
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Henry Beecher Dierdorff was born in 1851.
Henry Beecher Dierdorff died in 1935.
Henry K. Beecher died on 1976-07-25.
Henry Ward Beecher was born on June 24, 1813.
Henry Ward Beecher was born on June 24, 1813.
Henry K. Beecher was born on 1904-02-04.
Henry Ward Beecher died on March 8, 1887 at the age of 73.
Beecher bibles were a shipment of rifles sent by abolitionist preacher Henry Ward Beecher to anti-slavery settlers in Kansas in the 1850s to help defend themselves against pro-slavery forces in the area. The rifles were disguised as Bibles to avoid detection by pro-slavery supporters.
Henry Ward Beecher died on March 8, 1887 at the age of 73.
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Yes, Henry Ward Beecher was the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe. They were both prominent 19th-century figures in the United States, with Harriet Beecher Stowe being famous for writing "Uncle Tom's Cabin."