 ... simply to combine . them in large numbers, and in a position so strong that the question of their freedom would be decided then and there, possibly without even a battle. I confess that the whole scheme appeared to me wild and chimerical Of its details...  Reminiscences, 1819-1899 - Seite 254von Julia Ward Howe - 1899 - 465 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | C. A. Browne - 1919 - 282 Seiten
...that was to ensue. Mrs. Howe describes the sad weeks of John Brown's imprisonment and narrates that the day of his death was one of general mourning in...there, however, people were not all of the same mind, for she adds, "I heard one friend say that John Brown was a pig-headed old fool." While their captive... | |
 | 1899 - 908 Seiten
...approve an act so revolutionary in its character, yet the greathearted attempt enlisted our sympathies strongly. The weeks of John Brown's imprisonment were...friend say that John Brown was a pig-headed old fool. The record of John Brown's life has been fully written, and by a friendly hand. I. will only mention... | |
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