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A Plea for Captain John Brown is an essay by Henry David Thoreau. It is based on a speech Thoreau first delivered to an audience at Concord, Massachusetts on October 30, 1859, two weeks after John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and repeated several times before Brown's execution... Read Full Overview

"They could bravely face their country's foes, but he had the courage to face his country herself, when she was in the wrong." - Henry David Thoreau, A Plea for Captain John Brown (1859)

A Plea for Captain John Brown (1859) is Henry David Thoreau's essay extolling... Read Full Overview

A Plea for Captain John Brown is a non-fiction book written by Henry David Thoreau, an American essayist, poet, and philosopher. The book is a passionate defense of the radical abolitionist John Brown, who led a failed slave revolt at Harpers Ferry in 1859. Thoreau argues that... Read Full Overview

""A Plea For Captain John Brown"" is a non-fiction book written by the renowned American author and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau. The book is a passionate defense of the controversial abolitionist and insurrectionist, John Brown, who was executed for his role in the raid... Read Full Overview

John Brown was an abolitionist who fought against pro-slavery forces in Kansas, and later lead an attack on Harpers Ferry in an attempt to inspire a slave revolt. He was later executed by the federal government. This event was one of the causes of the Civil War. Thoreau gives... Read Full Overview

A Plea for Captain John Brown is an essay by Henry David Thoreau. It is based on a speech Thoreau first delivered to an audience at Concord, Massachusetts on October 30, 1859, two weeks after John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and repeated several times before Brown's execution... Read Full Overview

""A Plea For Captain John Brown"" is a political essay written by Henry David Thoreau in 1859. The essay is a defense of the radical abolitionist John Brown, who was executed for his failed raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Thoreau argues that Brown's actions... Read Full Overview

I trust that you will pardon me for being here. I do not wish to force my thoughts upon you, but I feel forced myself. Little as I know of Captain Brown, I would fain do my part to correct the tone and the statements of the newspapers, and of my countrymen generally, respecting... Read Full Overview

Henry David Thoreau ( July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple... Read Full Overview