Brown Quote by John Sergeant Wise Download Open image “John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection.” — John Sergeant Wise ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Brown Insurrection John brown Murder Slave Treason
John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection. — George Haven Putnam Copy Share Image
“It would take either a full-scale slave rebellion or a full-scale war to end such a deeply entrenched system. If a rebellion, it might… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“Politically speaking, the murder of John Brown would be an uncorrectable sin. It would create in the Union a latent fissure that would in… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Strangely enough, the legend of John Brown, who was clearly crazy, helped the abolitionist cause and is thought to have precipitated the American Civil… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
If not for the direct action of a John Brown and his comrades, America would still trade in the flesh of the black man. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
[John Brown's] zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was as the taper light, his was as the burning… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“lived in the family of a Mr. Brown, the father of John Brown—"whose body lies mouldering in the grave, while his soul goes marching… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
“Rebellion with him cancelled the slave covenants of the Constitution and discharged the North from their further observance.” — Archibald Henry Grimke Copy Share Image
John Brown's zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was as the taper light; his was as the burning… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“The first secretary of defense, General Henry Knox, said that what we’re doing to the native population is worse than what the conquistadors did… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of rebellion. The first is one in which the slave demands something that the tyrant has got. The second is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the Virginia colony in the… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
Virginians were no more angels or philanthropists than people to the north or to the south of them. They were moved by their affections,… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
The attack of John Brown upon Harper's Ferry came upon Virginia like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky. — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far beyond the mere supplying… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that… — John Sergeant Wise Copy Share Image
It is no secret that I have read 'The Da Vinci Code' several times. I genuinely believe that 'The Da Vinci Code' and 'Angels… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
I love Derrick Brown for the surprise of one word waking up next to another. One moment tender, funny or romantic, the next, visceral,… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants. I'll have… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
It's bluesy, rocky jazz. I call it soul music, but it's not James Brown soul music. It comes from my soul. It comes from… — Tinsel Korey Copy Share Image
Many people, including myself, thought of Jobs as an inventor, an Edison-like figure, but he wasn't. I did a documentary on James Brown recently;… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
In the Sacramento of the 1950s, it was as though White simply hadn't had time enough to figure Brown out. It was a busy… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull. — Bruce Dickinson Copy Share Image
Why should anyone think a white skin superior in evaluating the qualities of human life? I did not really admire a white skin so… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Women now influence the majority of consumer purchases. It is women's votes that will secure victory at the next election, hence the altogether delicious… — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
I liked the taste of beer, its live, white lather, its brass-bright depths, the sudden world through the wet-brown walls of the glass, the… — Dylan Thomas Copy Share Image
If you're white, you're alright. If you're brown, stick around. but if you're black, oh baby. Get back, Get back, Get back. — Huddie William Ledbetter Copy Share Image
Iron and coal dominated everywhere, from grey to black: the black boots, the black stove-pipe hat, the black coach or carriage, the black iron… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
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