Old Brown convicted. He made a brief speech that was worthy
of the best of the early reformers. To-day I was told that his wife was in
Boston, and I went with Dr. Webb to the American House to see her. She appears
well. She is a large, strong woman, good-looking, and when young she must have
been handsome. She feels the loss of her two sons and the critical situation of
her husband very much. She says that it is a matter of religious conviction
with her husband; that he would make the same attempt again if set free. I
admire the old man; but considering that three persons were killed by his
party, I do not see how he can escape death, even had the occurrence been in a
free State. He will be lauded by the abolitionists as a martyred hero, and he
does resemble that. His death will hasten the removal of slaves from Virginia.
SOURCE: William Lawrence, Life of Amos A. Lawrence:
With Extracts from His Diary and Correspondence, p. 132
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