Download or read book A Plea for Captain John Brown written by Henry David Thoreau and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-10 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Plea for Captain John Brown By Henry David Thoreau A Plea for Captain John Brown is an essay by Henry David Thoreau. It is based on a speech Thoreau first delivered to an audience at Concord, Massachusetts on October 30, 1859, two weeks after John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and repeated several times before Brown's execution on December 2, 1859. It was later published as a part of Echoes of Harper's Ferry in 1860. John Brown, a radical abolitionist, and twenty-one other men seized the federal armory at Harper's Ferry, the holding place for approximately 100,000 rifles and muskets, hoping to arm slaves and create a violent rebellion against the south. However, after thirty-six hours the revolt was suppressed by federal forces led by Robert E. Lee and Brown was jailed. The raid resulted in thirteen deaths, twelve rebels and one U.S. Marine. After being found guilty of murder, treason, and inciting a slave insurrection, Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859. Although largely called a failure at the time, the raid and Brown's subsequent execution impelled the American Civil War. Thoreau's essay espoused John Brown and his fight for abolition. In opposition with popular opinion of the time- Thoreau vehemently refuted the claims of newspapers and his fellow countrymen who characterized Brown as foolish and insane- he painted a portrait of a peerless man whose embrace of a cause was unparalleled. Brown's commitment to justice and adherence to the United States Constitution forced him to fight state-sponsored injustice, one he was only affected by in spirit. A unique man, Thoreau proclaimed in admiration, Brown was highly moral and humane. Independent, "under the auspices of John Brown and nobody else," and direct of speech, Brown instilled fear, which he attributed to a lack of cause, into large groups of men who supported slavery. Incomparable to man, Thoreau likens Brown's execution- he states that he regards Brown as dead before his actual death- to Christ's crucifixion at the hands of Pontius Pilate with whom he compares the American government. Thoreau vents at the scores of Americans who have voiced their displeasure and scorn for John Brown. The same people, Thoreau says, can't relate to Brown because of their concrete stances and "dead" existences; they are truly not living, only a handful of men have lived. Thoreau also criticizes contemporary Christians, who say their prayers and then go to sleep aware of injustice but doing nothing to change it. Similarly, Thoreau states those who believe Brown threw his life away and died as a fool, are fools. Brown gave his life for justice, not for material gains, and was completely sane, perhaps more so than any other human being. Rebutting the arguments based on the small number of rebels, Thoreau responds "when were the good and the brave ever in a majority?" Thoreau also points out the irony of The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper, labeling Brown's actions as misguided.

Download or read book De l esclavage written by Henry David Thoreau and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alors que les Etats-Unis ne sont encore qu'une toute jeune nation, les affrontements entre partisans et adversaires de l'esclavage, prémices de la Guerre civile américaine, font rage. A la tête d'une poignée d'hommes, parmi lesquels ses propres fils, John Brown (1800-1859) multiplie les raids contre les esclavagistes à la frontière du massachusetts. Cet ardent défenseur de la cause abolitionniste devient rapidement un symbole de résistance. Quand il est arrêté en 1859 après l'attaque ratée de l'arsenal de Harper's Ferry et xondamné à être pendu, Henry David Thoreau sort de sa réserve et lance un vibrant plaidoyer en sa faveur. Sans quatre discours enflammés, prononcés entre 1854 et 1859, le chantre de la " désobéissance civile ", s'engange farouchement pour la défense de la liberté.

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Download or read book A Plea for Captain John Brown Annotated written by Henry David Thoreau and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I trust that you will pardon me for being here. I do not wish to force my thoughts upon you, but I feel forced myself. Little as I know of Captain Brown, I would fain do my part to correct the tone and the statements of the newspapers, and of my countrymen generally, respecting his character and actions. It costs us nothing to be just. We can at least express our sympathy with, and admiration of, him and his companions, and that is what I now propose to do.

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Download or read book John Brown written by Alison Morretta and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To some, John Brown was a hero and a martyr to the abolitionist cause. To others, he was a treasonous murderer operating outside the law. Unlike most mainstream abolitionists, Brown believed that slavery would never end without the use of violence, and he was more than willing to take up arms against anyone who stood in his way. His ill-fated raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859, which resulted in his execution, was merely the final chapter in his history of using violent means to fight slavery. The question of whether violence is ever acceptable as a form of protest is one that Brown's contemporaries asked themselves and one we are still asking today. Through this book, students can contemplate that same question as they examine the facts of John Brown's life, the historical context in which he lived, and the legacy he left behind.

Download or read book John Brown written by W. E. B. DuBois and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-04 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1909, W.E.B. Du Bois's biography of abolitionist John Brown is a literary and historical classic. With a rare combination of scholarship and passion, Du Bois defends Brown against all detractors who saw him as a fanatic, fiend, or traitor. Brown emerges as a rich personality, fully understandable as an unusual leader with a deeply religious outlook and a devotion to the cause of freedom for the slave. This new edition is enriched with an introduction by John David Smith and with supporting documents relating to Du Bois's correspondence with his publisher.

Download or read book John Brown written by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1909, W.E.B. Du Bois's biography of abolitionist John Brown is a literary and historical classic. With a rare combination of scholarship and passion, Du Bois defends Brown against all detractors who saw him as a fanatic, fiend, or traitor. Brown emerges as a rich personality, fully understandable as an unusual leader with a deeply religious outlook and a devotion to the cause of freedom for the slave. This new edition is enriched with an introduction by John David Smith and with supporting documents relating to Du Bois's correspondence with his publisher. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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Download or read book A Plea for Captain John Brown written by Henry D. Thoreau and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-06 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Plea for Captain John Brown is an essay by Henry David Thoueau, based off a speech that he originally gave in Concord, Massachusetts in 1859. John Brown was a slavery abolitionist who, along with 21 other men, stole 100,000 rifles and muskets from the Federal armory.

Download or read book John Brown and Armed Resistance to Slavery written by Rebecca Stefoff and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Brown and his violent attacks on slavery have been romanticized through the years. Find out about the man behind the myth and learn about his contribution to the abolitionist movement. The book is complete with timeline, primary sources, photographs, and excerpts from the time period.

Download or read book John Brown written by Virginia Brackett and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After witnessing the cruel treatment of a slave as a youngster, John Brown dedicated his life to the abolition of slavery. In the years before the Civil War, Brown fought to keep Kansas in the Union and was eventually hanged for trying to initiate a slave

Download or read book John Brown written by Anne Schraff and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines the life of John Brown, including his childhood on the frontier, his fight against slavery and the Harpers Ferry raid, his execution, and legacy in American history"--Provided by publisher.