John Brown letter to unknown, 2 December 1859

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Charlestown, VA., Dec. 2, 1859.

I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.

Author:
John Brown

Source:
Life and Letters of John Brown; Liberator of Kansas, and Martyr of Virginia, 1885, F. B. Sanborn.