Less than two weeks after John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, while most newspapers called him a madman, Thoreau stood before his Concord neighbours to praise him. He recounts what he knew of Brown’s life and character, attacks the press, politicians and churches that condemned him, and asks what the abolition of slavery truly demands.
One of Thoreau’s most passionate pieces, essential to the history of American abolitionism. Download the free EPUB.