“I am gaining in health slowly, and am quite cheerful in view of my approaching end, - being fully persuaded that I am worth inconceivably more to hang than any other purpose.” EndsPurposeViewsCheerful Book:The Public Life of Capt. John Brown, with an Auto-biography of His Childhood and Youth Source: The Public Life of Capt. John Brown, with an Auto-biography of His Childhood and Youth
“I am yet too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons. I believe that to have interfered as I have done...in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children, and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I submit: so let it be done!” IfsShouldBelieveChildrenPersonsEndsCountryDoneYoungI BelieveJusticePoorMillionsRightsBloodRight NowSocial JusticeSlaveMy ChildrenWickedSubmitUnjustBehalfDespisedForfeitAbolitionistDisregarded Author:John Brown
