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John Brown's final speech... Indian troubles...



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November 03, 1859

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Nov. 3, 1859 

* John Brown's insurrection - invasion - raid
* Sentenced to death (hanging)
* Harpers Ferry, West Virginia WV


Page 4 has over half a column headed: "Brown's Trial" concerning John Brown and his Harper's Ferry slave insurrection. It includes John Brown's last speech, which states in part: "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!"
Also within: "Free Labor or the Slave Trade" "Further Robberies By Apaches - No Regard For the Treaty" and: "Indian Outrage on the Santa Fe Route".
Eight pages, binding indents at the spine, good condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War