The most profound and important speeches ever delivered are here collected in this anthology, featuring some of the most influential figures in world history. From ancient times to the American Revolution to as recently as this past century, Fort Raphael Publishing has collected some of the most important and iconic speeches of all time and presented them in this series.
Volume VI features such disparate historical characters as Cato the Elder opposing the repeal of the Oppian Law, Ernestine Rose, an early pioneer for women’s rights, abolitionist John Brown’s fiery speech at the conclusion of his trial for treason, Booker T. Washington speaking of the struggle of Black Americans to make economic and social advancements, Mary E. Church Terrell on the challenges of living as a Black woman in the nation’s Capitol, Theodore Roosevelt’s astonishing speech from a 1912 campaign stop, which he delivered moments after being shot by an assassin and the closing remarks from the Defendants in the Sacco and Vanzetti murder trials.
This collection of powerful and moving speeches pays tribute to these great world leaders and individuals and specifically to the words they used to inspire millions.
This is the sixth volume of this series.
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John Brown (1800-1859) was a staunch abolitionist who came to believe that violence and coercion was the only way to stop the scourge of slavery in the United States. Fiercely religious and believing himself to be the instrument of God sent to earth to personally abolish slavery, Brown led a life of activism and violent resistance, finally deciding that the best way to set off a slave liberation movement would be to capture the Federal armory at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, arm the slaves and then lead a violent rebellion that would sweep through the southern states.
During the raid, in October of 1859, five men were killed and many more injured, but Brown and his forces did indeed take over the armory. Very few slaves joined his revolt, however, and the armory was soon retaken by the local militia and US Marines, the latter led by Robert E. Lee himself. Brown was tried immediately, found guilty and hanged in December of 1859, the first person to be executed for treason in the United States.
John Brown delivered the following speech at the conclusion of his trial on November 2, 1859. He would be executed a month later and become a hero and martyr to the abolitionist cause.
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