 | Martin B. Duberman - African Americans - 1964 - 74 pages
...admitted, — the design on my part to free the slaves. I never did intend murder, or treason. Had I interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, it would have been all right; and every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward... | |
 | Federal Writers' Project - West Virginia - 1952 - 674 pages
...to excite slaves to rebellion ... it is unjust that I should suffer such a penalty . . . Had I acted in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great . . . every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward ... I say I am too young... | |
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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... 
