...Brown eloquently appealed to the laws of God and expressed contentment that, in a just cause, he would "mingle my blood further with the blood of my children...with the blood of millions in this slave country." On the morning of his execution, December 2, he wrote out with a steady hand his final prophecy, that...

...behalf of God's despised poor, I did no 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 with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights have...

...behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right. Now if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of...unjust enactments. — I submit; so let it be done! — From "Address of John Brown to the Virginia Court at Charles Town, Virginia" on November 2, 1859....

...behalf of His despised poor, I did no wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of...disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I say, let it be done." Brown's public hanging was set for Friday, December 2, one month away. During...

...hanged. In his last speech to the Virginia court, he said, "Now, if it be deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of...rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments—I submit; so let it be done!" Lincoln won (overwhelmingly in Amherst) in November, and...

...America. On the date of his execution, Brown stated: "Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of...and unjust enactments, I submit; so let it be done!" An Uprising at Sea: The Amistad Slave revolts at sea were frequent, despite the brutal consequences...

...unjust, he accepted it and pointed to graver injustices: "Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of...disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I say, let it be done." u Brown's willingness to go to the gallows for what he thought was right had...

...behalf of His despised poor, I did no 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,...

...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...

...consistent with God's commands. As for his future, he said: "If it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and...