"I believe that to have interfered as I have done—as I have always freely admitted I have done—in behalf of His despis…"

"I bring you one of the best and bravest persons on this continent — General Tubman as we call her."

"Persons convicted of the forcible violation of any female prisoner shall be put to death."

"I am gaining in health slowly, and am quite cheerful in view of my approaching end, — being fully persuaded that I am…"

"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land can never be purged away but with blood. I ha…"

"Whereas slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States, is none other than the most barbarous, unprovo…"

"These men are all talk; What is needed is action — action!"

"The marriage relation shall be at all times respected, and families kept together, as far as possible; and broken fam…"

"All persons known to be of good character and of sound mind and suitable age, who are connected with this organizatio…"

"Nothing so charms the American people as personal bravery."