TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thoreau,Henry David
TI  - A Plea for Captain John Brown: Read to the citizens of Concord, Massachusetts on Sunday evening, October thirtieth, eighteen fifty-nine
AV  - E300 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Brown, John, 1800-1859
KW  - Government, Resistance to
KW  - Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Trials, litigation, etc
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Plea_for_Captain_John_Brown; Release date is 2001-03-01; Jason Filley and David Widger; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "A Plea for Captain John Brown" by Henry David Thoreau is an essay first delivered as a speech on October 30, 1859, two weeks after abolitionist John Brown's failed raid on Harpers Ferry. Speaking against widespread public condemnation, Thoreau defends Brown as a moral hero rather than a madman, comparing his impending execution to Christ's crucifixion. The essay challenges Americans who dismiss Brown's actions, arguing that his commitment to justice represents true sanity and courage in the face of state-sponsored injustice. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2567
ER  -