...reward, not punishment." If their perversion of the Golden Rule demands that "I forfeit my life . . . and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children, and with the blood of the [black] millions," victims of "wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments," I say "let it be done."19...

...wrong, but right. 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 millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments,...

...wrong, but right. 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...cruel, and unjust enactments, I say, let it be done." Before his death, Brown prophetically uttered, "I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes...

...Brown boldly declared, "Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further...cruel, and unjust enactments, I say, let it be done." On December 2, 1859, John Brown was hanged. The Weekly Anglo-African newspaper, in New York, quoted...

...interrogators and his trial testimony circulated: If it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with...cruel, and unjust enactments — I say, Let it be done.20 I want you to understand that I respect the rights of the poorest and weakest of colored people,...

...wrong, but right. Now, if it ia deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further...disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments — I submit; so let it be done. Let me say one word further: I feel entirely satisfied with the treatment...