It is an essay. It is based on a speech Thoreau first delivered to an audience at Concord, Massachusetts on October 30, 1859, two weeks after John Brownâs raid on Harperâs Ferry, and repeated several times before Brownâs execution on December 2, 1859.
A Plea for Captain John Brown - Henry David Thoreau
It is an essay. It is based on a speech Thoreau first delivered to an audience at Concord, Massachusetts on October 30, 1859, two weeks after John Brownâs raid on Harperâs Ferry, and repeated several times before Brownâs execution on December 2, 1859.