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GARRISON \u00a0TO \u00a0JOHN \u00a0BROWN<\/p>\n

Writing to Brown on November 1, 1859, one month and one day before Brown’s execution, \u00a0Garrison\u00a0says:<\/p>\n

“My brave but unfortunate friend,… Protract to the utmost, your Trial, \u00a0your\u00a0delivery is at hand.”<\/p>\n

This letter was found in the records collection of Executive papers of Henry A. Wise, who was Governor\u00a0of Virginia at the time of the Harper’s Ferry Raid. \u00a0We’re grateful to Lois E. Horton, Professor of History Emerita,\u00a0George Mason University, who found this letter and shared it.<\/p>\n

(For further comment see the article\u00a0Garrison on\u00a0Nonviolence, Violence, and the Use of Force)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GARRISON \u00a0TO \u00a0JOHN \u00a0BROWN Writing to Brown on November 1, 1859, one month and one day before Brown’s execution, \u00a0Garrison\u00a0says: “My brave but unfortunate friend,… Protract to the utmost, your…<\/p>\n

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