The Preacher Who Met a Prophet: Issachar J. Roberts and the Seeds of the Taiping Rebellion
History often pivots on strange encounters—moments where two unlikely individuals cross paths and the world is never quite the same. One such moment came in 1847, when a restless American preacher met a Chinese seeker who would soon ignite one of the deadliest civil wars in human history.
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