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100 1 _aThoreau, Henry David,
_d1817-1862
245 1 2 _aA Plea for Captain John Brown :
_bRead to the citizens of Concord, Massachusetts on Sunday evening, October thirtieth, eighteen fifty-nine
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2001
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Plea_for_Captain_John_Brown
500 _aRelease date is 2001-03-01
508 _aJason Filley and David Widger
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aSlavery
653 _aBrown, John, 1800-1859
653 _aGovernment, Resistance to
653 _aBrown, John, 1800-1859 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2567
999 _c44648
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