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The abolitionists were not like the rugged people out West, and they were not like John Brown, either. They were people who made speeches and did politics.
James McBride
Politics
People
Rugged
Made
Out
John
John Brown
Brown
Like
Were
West
Did
Either
Who
Speeches
John Brown was clearly flawed in real life. He did some terrible things, but he did some things none of us would have had the heart to do. His moral leanings were unquestionably admirable.
James McBride
Life
Heart
Real Life
Moral
Would
Admirable
John
John Brown
Some
Some Things
Brown
Unquestionably
Had
He
Clearly
Terrible
None
Real
Were
His
Did
Flawed
Us
Things
John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection.
John Sergeant Wise
Tried
John
John Brown
Brown
Insurrection
Treason
Slaves
James McBride's 'The Good Lord Bird' is set in the mid-19th century and is based on the real life of John Brown, the one who lies a-mouldering in his grave.
Justin Cartwright
Life
Good
Bird
Real Life
Good Lord
Lies
John
John Brown
Brown
Lord
Real
His
James
Century
Who
Based
Grave
Set