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title: "1 Held Captive Quotes By Jane Singer"
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> [“was held captive in my home. I should have told the soldiers who came with guns drawn and bayonets at the ready this true thing: I might have stopped him, for I harbored him and kept his secrets. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-singer/was-held-captive-in-my-home-i-should-have-told-the-soldiers-who-came/)

[Jane Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-singer/)

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## More by Jane Singer

> [“was held captive in my home. I should have told the soldiers who came with guns drawn and bayonets at the ready this true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-singer/was-held-captive-in-my-home-i-should-have-told-the-soldiers-who-came/)

[Jane Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-singer/)

> [“On the moonless night of April 14, 1865, days after a plot to blow up the White House failed, John Wilkes Booth killed President…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-singer/on-the-moonless-night-of-april-14-1865-days-after-a-plot-to-blow-up/)

[Jane Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-singer/)

> [“turn towards evil had come," she wrote, after hearing her brother damn the United States and the "falsely" elected president. It was”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-singer/turn-towards-evil-had-come-she-wrote-after-hearing-her-brother-damn/)

[Jane Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-singer/)

> [“plots for the destruction of the United States government. "A desperate turn towards evil had come," she wrote, after hearing her brother damn the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-singer/plots-for-the-destruction-of-the-united-states-government-a-desperate/)

[Jane Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-singer/)

> [“On the moonless night of April 14, 1865, days after a plot to blow up the White House failed, John Wilkes Booth killed President…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-singer/on-the-moonless-night-of-april-14-1865-days-after-a-plot-to-blow-up-2/)

[Jane Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-singer/)

> [“Sister was inspired by Asia Booth Clarke’s personal memoirs. Author, historical scholar and storyteller Jane Singer has masterfully imagined the family dynamics and intimate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-singer/sister-was-inspired-by-asia-booth-clarke-s-personal-memoirs-author/)

[Jane Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-singer/)

> [“husband's departure. I'd don britches and boots and ride far from this place, past the city into the woods. I'd not return 'til midnight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-singer/husband-s-departure-i-d-don-britches-and-boots-and-ride-far-from-this/)

[Jane Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-singer/)

> [“Had her brother lived to face a trial, Asia surely would have been charged, for Booth used her home as a safe house, taught…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-singer/had-her-brother-lived-to-face-a-trial-asia-surely-would-have-been/)

[Jane Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-singer/)

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