(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) Brown John Address of John Brown to

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Brown, John. Address of John Brown to the Virginia Court, when about to Receive the Sentence of Death for his Heroic Attempt at Harper's Ferry. Letterpress broadside, 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, bearing Brown's facsimile signature; quite worn with numerous chips, closed tears, tape repairs on verso, and cello tape stains, though the text is complete. sold as is. [Boston: C.C. Mead, circa 1859?]

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A broadside printing of the revolutionary abolitionist's final speech. "I deny every thing but what I have already admitted, of a design on my part to free Slaves. . . . If it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life, for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children, and with the blood of millions in this Slave country, whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I say, let it be done."
Otherwise unknown variant printing, without the introductory line "[Mr. Brown upon inquiry whether he had anything to say. . .]" and without the usual imprint line "Printed by C.C. Mead, 91 Washington Street, and for sale at the Liberator Office, 21 Cornhill, Boston." 8 copies of the Mead printing on OCLC, and not at auction since one sold at Swann, 13 February 1997, lot 404.