Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and FreedomUniversity Press of America, 1982 - 221 pages |
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Page 105
... Brown is - a regular Cromwellian dug up from two centuries - in the midst of our New England civiliza- tion , that dares not say its soul is its own , nor proclaim that it is wrong to sell a man at auction , and not have him show ...
... Brown is - a regular Cromwellian dug up from two centuries - in the midst of our New England civiliza- tion , that dares not say its soul is its own , nor proclaim that it is wrong to sell a man at auction , and not have him show ...
Page 107
... Brown . The nation says he is mad . I appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober ; I appeal from the American people , drunk with cotton , and the New York Observer [ loud and long laughter ] , to the American people fifty years hence ...
... Brown . The nation says he is mad . I appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober ; I appeal from the American people , drunk with cotton , and the New York Observer [ loud and long laughter ] , to the American people fifty years hence ...
Page 113
... Brown's movement against slavery is exactly the same . Wait awhile , and you'll all agree with me . What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow , and trite as the multiplication table a week after . John Brown has stirred ...
... Brown's movement against slavery is exactly the same . Wait awhile , and you'll all agree with me . What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow , and trite as the multiplication table a week after . John Brown has stirred ...
Contents
In Defense of Lovejoy | 1 |
The Boston Mob | 10 |
The Right of Petition | 23 |
Copyright | |
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