John Sergeant Wise

John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

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America is good enough for us. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

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As early as the autumn of 1862, I was made very happy by being sent to school. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

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However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes whereby certain negroes were masters of their masters' children. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

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I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence where my people had lived for over two hundred years. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

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In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

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In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could not recover it, was very nebulous. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

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In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President for the first time. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

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In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

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It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them to have private tutors. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

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