John Brown's Last Speech

By Brown, John

Book Id: WPLBN0100002810
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 0.1 MB
Reproduction Date: 10/16/1859

Title:	John Brown's Last Speech
Author:	Brown, John
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, History of America
Collections:	Authors Community, History
Historic Publication Date:	1859
Publisher:	Self-published

Member Page:	History Is A Weapon .org
Citation APA MLA Chicago Brown, B. J. (1859). John Brown's Last Speech. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.cc/

Description
On October, 16, 1859, John Brown and nearly two dozen comrades seized the armory at Harper's Ferry in West Virginia, hoping to use its massive arsenal in the struggle to forcibly end slavery. Captured and brought to trial at nearby Charles Town, Brown was found guilty of treason. One month before his execution, John Brown addressed a courtroom in Charlestown, West Virginia, defending his role in the action at Harper's Ferry. Henry David Thoreau, although himself did not favor violence, praised John Brown, and when the fiery Preacher was sentenced to death, Ralph Waldo emerson said: "He will make the gallows holy as the cross."