A Plea For Captain John Brown by Henry David Thoreau
A passionate defense of John Brown’s raid, arguing that his use of violence was a morally justified response to the institution of slavery; it praises his courage and self-sacrifice, condemns the nation’s legal and political hypocrisy for punishing conscience-driven resistance while protecting injustice, and urges readers to recognize Brown as a martyr whose actions expose the moral failings of society and demand principled, not merely legalistic, opposition to slavery.
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