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John Brown Quotes by John Sergeant Wise
- John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection.
- The attack of John Brown upon Harper's Ferry came upon Virginia like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky.
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- John Brown's zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was as the taper light; his was as… — Frederick Douglass
- In firing his gun, John Brown has merely told what time of day it is. It is high noon. — William Lloyd Garrison
- As Day and other observers had reported, the slaves were leading very comfortable lives. After this tactic [slave rebellions in the South]… — Eustace Mullins
- This will be a great day in our history; the date of a New Revolution - quite as much needed as the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection. — John Sergeant Wise
- If not for the direct action of a John Brown and his comrades, America would still trade in the flesh of the… — Emma Goldman
- Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic. — Frederick Douglass
- I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood. — John Mason Brown