 | Cedric J. Robinson - History - 1997 - 198 pages
...describing how the Southern courts had countenanced the most heinous crimes on behalf of slavery ("had I interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great ... it would have been all right"), Brown stood his ground by saying: Now, if it is deemed necessary... | |
 | Carolyn L. Karcher - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 850 pages
..."a most effective anti-slavery document,"46 reprinted by newspapers all over the country. "Had I ... interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the...so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends . . . every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment,"... | |
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I admire the truthfulness and candor of the greater portion of the witnesses who have testified in this case) — had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends, either... 
