Annuals Quote by John Sergeant Wise

“In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President for the first time.”

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Virginians were no more angels or philanthropists than people to the north or to the south of them. They were moved by their affections,…

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In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could…

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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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In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the…

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Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far beyond the mere supplying…

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John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection.

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Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that…

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Hence I feel no shame in asserting that this whole region engirdled by the moon, and the center of the earth, traverse this grand…

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