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Kansas (Kansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
rdinances of my own contriving and getting up. Mr. V. How long have you been engaged in this business? Capt. B. From the breaking out of the difficulties in Kansas. Four of my sons had gone there to settle, and they induced me to go. I'd not go there to settle, but because of the difficulties. Senator M. How many are engan it very freely and frankly. Mr. V. Justifying it? Capt. B. Yes, sir. I do not compromise him, certainly, in saying that. A Bystander. Did you go out to Kansas under the auspices of the Emigrant Aid Society? Capt. B. No, sir; I went out under the auspices of John Brown, and nobody else. Mr. V. Will you answer this?holders, to carry out our object. It was for that, and only that; and with no design to enrich ourselves with any plunder whatever. Q. Did you know Sherrod in Kansas? I understand you killed him. Capt. B. I killed no man except in fair fight. I fought at Black Jack, and at Ossawatomie; and if I killed any body, it was at
Providence, R. I. (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
nial of it I would not make; and to make an affidavit of it, I should be a great dunce. Mr. V. Have you had any correspondence with parties at the North on the subject of this movement? Capt. B. I have had no correspondence. One report reads thus: the other omits the word no. Bystander. Do you consider this a religious movement? Capt. B. It is, in my opinion, the greatest service a man can render to his God. Bystander. Do you consider yourself an instrument in the hands of Providence? Capt. B. I do. Bystander. Upon what principle do you justify your acts? Capt. B. Upon the golden rule. I pity the poor in bondage that have none to help them. That is why I am here; it is not to gratify any personal animosity, or feeling of revenge, or vindictive spirit. It s my sympathy with the oppressed and the wronged, that are as good as you, and as precious in the sight of God. Bystander. Certainly. But why take the slaves against their will? Capt. B. I never did. Byst
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
his movement? Capt. B. I cannot answer that. I have numerous sympathizers throughout the entire North. Mr. V. In Northern Ohio? Capt. B. No more there than any where else-in all the Free States. Mr. V. But are you not personally acquainted in Southern Ohio? Capt. B. Not very much. Mr. V. (To Stevens.) Were you at the convention last June? Stevens. I was. Mr. V. (To Capt. Brown.) You made a speech there? Capt. B. I did, sir. Bystander. Did you ever live in ~Washington city? Capt. B. I did not. I want you to understand, gentlemen, that 1 respect the rights of the poorest and weakest of the colored people, oppressed by the slave system, just as much as I do those of the most wealthy and powerful. That is the idea that has moved me, and that alone. We expected no reward except the satisfaction of endeavoring to do for those in distress — the greatly oppressed — as we would be done by. The cry of distress, of the oppressed, is my reason, and the only thi
Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
Mr. V. Where did your men come from? Did some of them come from Ohio? Capt. B. Some of them. Mr. V. From the Western Reserve, of course! None came from Southern Ohio? Capt. B. O, yes. I believe one came from Steubenville, down not far from Wheeling. Mr. V. Have you been in Ohio this summer? Capt. B. Yes, sir. MrCapt. Brown.) Who are your advisers in this movement? Capt. B. I cannot answer that. I have numerous sympathizers throughout the entire North. Mr. V. In Northern Ohio? Capt. B. No more there than any where else-in all the Free States. Mr. V. But are you not personally acquainted in Southern Ohio? Capt. B. Not very mSouthern Ohio? Capt. B. Not very much. Mr. V. (To Stevens.) Were you at the convention last June? Stevens. I was. Mr. V. (To Capt. Brown.) You made a speech there? Capt. B. I did, sir. Bystander. Did you ever live in ~Washington city? Capt. B. I did not. I want you to understand, gentlemen, that 1 respect the rights of the poorest and weakest of t
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
to gain their liberty. Lieutenant Stuart. But you don't believe in the Bible? Capt. B. Certainly I do. Mr. V. Where did your men come from? Did some of them come from Ohio? Capt. B. Some of them. Mr. V. From the Western Reserve, of course! None came from Southern Ohio? Capt. B. O, yes. I believe one came from Steubenville, down not far from Wheeling. Mr. V. Have you been in Ohio this summer? Capt. B. Yes, sir. Mr. V. How lately? Capt. B. I passed through to Pittsburg on my way, in June. Mr. V. Were you at any county or state fair there? Capt. B. I was not there since June. Senator M. Did you consider this a military organization in this paper? (Showing a copy of John Brown's constitution and ordinance.) I have not yet read it. Capt. B. I did in some measure. I wish you would give that paper your close attention. Senator M. You considered yourself the commander-in-chief of this provisional military force? Capt. B. I was chosen, agre
Ashtabula (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
t know that I had any conversation with any of the Oberlin rescuers. I was sick part of the time I was in Ohio. I had the ague. I was part of the 41me in Ashtabula county. Mr. V. Did you see any thing of Joshua R. Giddings there? Capt. B. I did meet him. Mr. V. Did you converse with him? Capt. B. I did. I would not know the negro wanted to go back.--(To Brown.) Captain, the gentleman is right. Bystander. (To Stevens.) Where did you come from? Stevens. I lived in Ashtabula County, Ohio. Mr. B. How recently did you leave Ashtabula County? Stevens. Some months ago. I never resided there any length of time. I have often been through theAshtabula County? Stevens. Some months ago. I never resided there any length of time. I have often been through there. Mr. V. How far did you live from Jefferson? Capt. B. (To Stevens.) Be very cautious, Stevens, about an answer to that; it might commit some friend. I would not answer it at all. Stevens, who had been groaning considerably, as if the exertion necessary to conversation seriously affected him, seemed content to abide by
Portage County (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
ar or two since. Senator 1. Does this talking annoy you at all? Capt. B. Not in the least. Mr. V. Have you lived long in Ohio? Capt. B. I went there in 1805. I lived in Summit County, which was then Trumbull County. My native place is York State. Mr. V. Do you recollect a man in Ohio named Brown, a noted counterfeiter? Capt. B. I do. I knew him from a boy. His father was Henry Brown, of Irish or Scotch descent. The family was very low. Mr. V. Have you ever been in Portage County? Capt. B. I was there in June last. Mr. V. When in Cleveland, did you attend the Fugitive Slave Law Convention there? Capt. B. No. I was there about the time of the sitting of the court to try the Oberlin rescuers. I spoke there, publicly, on that subject. I spoke on the fugitive slave law, and my own rescue. Of course, so far as I had any influence at all, I was disposed to justify the Oberlin people for rescuing the slave, because I have myself forcibly taken slaves from b
Cleveland (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
ed counterfeiter? Capt. B. I do. I knew him from a boy. His father was Henry Brown, of Irish or Scotch descent. The family was very low. Mr. V. Have you ever been in Portage County? Capt. B. I was there in June last. Mr. V. When in Cleveland, did you attend the Fugitive Slave Law Convention there? Capt. B. No. I was there about the time of the sitting of the court to try the Oberlin rescuers. I spoke there, publicly, on that subject. I spoke on the fugitive slave law, and my uence at all, I was disposed to justify the Oberlin people for rescuing the slave, because I have myself forcibly taken slaves from bondage. I was concerned in taking eleven slaves from Missouri to Canada, last winter. I think that I spoke in Cleveland before the Convention. I do not know that I had any conversation with any of the Oberlin rescuers. I was sick part of the time I was in Ohio. I had the ague. I was part of the 41me in Ashtabula county. Mr. V. Did you see any thing of Jo
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
Brown's greatest victories. From the three published reports of it, carefully compared and corrected, we give the conversation that ensued between the wounded insurrectionists and their cowardly political inquisitors. Never before, in the United States, did a recorded conversation produce so sudden and universal a change of opinion. Before its publication, some, who subsequently eulogized John Brown, with fervor and surpassing eloquence, as well as the great body of the press and people w doing any harm. We did kill some men when defending ourselves; but I saw no one fire except directly in self-defence. Our orders were strict not to harm any one not in arms against us. Q. Well, Brown, suppose you had every nigger in the United States, what would you do with them? Capt. B. (In a loud tone, and with emphasis.) Set them free, sir! Q. Your intention was to carry them off and free them? Capt. B. Not at all. Bystander. To set them free would sacrifice the life of every
Black Jack, Kansas (Kansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
s your only object to free the negroes? Capt. B. Absolutely our only object. Bystander. But you went and took Col. Washington's silver and Match. Capt B. O, yes; we intended freely to have appropriated the property of slaveholders, to carry out our object. It was for that, and only that; and with no design to enrich ourselves with any plunder whatever. Q. Did you know Sherrod in Kansas? I understand you killed him. Capt. B. I killed no man except in fair fight. I fought at Black Jack, and at Ossawatomie; and if I killed any body, it was at one of those places. During this conversation, the wounded Liberators, we are told by pro-slavery writers, lay stretched on miserable shake-downs. John Brown's long gray hair was matted and tangled, and his hands and clothes all smooched and smeared with blood, and begrimed with dirt — the effect of continued exposure to the smoke of powder. His manner and conversation were courteous and affable, and he appeared to make a favora
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