On the day of his execution:

I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.


Brown and His Men (1894) by R. J. Hinton John, ch. 12

John Brown Quotes

I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.

I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.

I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.

I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.