“I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think, vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.” WarViolenceRevolutionLast WordsAbolitionAbolitionistEvangelicals Author:John Brown
“Whereas, Slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable War of one portion of its citizens upon another portion; the only conditions of which are perpetual imprisonment, and hopeless servitude or absolute extermination; in utter disregard and violation of those eternal and self-evident truths set forth in our Declaration of Independence.” WarSelfStatesUnitedExistenceUnited StatesConditionsCitizensEternalAbsolutesIndependenceSlaveryHopelessPortionsPerpetualEvidentDeclarationViolationDisregardDeclaration Of IndependenceServitudeImprisonmentExtermination 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 quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.” ThinkingWarDoneMightCertainBloodLandCrimeGuiltyCivil WarAmerican Civil WarFlatteredBloodshed Book:The Life and Letters of John Brown, Liberator of Kansas and Martyr of Virginia Source: The Life and Letters of John Brown, Liberator of Kansas and Martyr of Virginia
