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The 60s passed and faded and I grew older, and in 1987 bought a house in upstate New York, and it turned out that John Brown was buried down the road from my house and that he had lived there longer than anywhere else

The 60s passed and faded and I grew older, and in 1987 bought a house in upstate New York, and it turned out that John Brown was buried down the road from my house and that he had lived there longer than anywhere else and his house was still standing.

Russell Banks
New York, House, John Brown

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

John Sergeant Wise
John Brown, Murder, Slave
John Sergeant Wise, Paul Dennis Sporer (2005). “End of an Era: The Last Days of Traditional Southern Culture as Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Confederate Soldier”, p.91, Anza Publishing

Beneath this slab John Brown is stowed. He watched the ads, And not the road.

Ogden Nash
John Brown, Brown, Slabs
'Lather as You Go' (1942)

Of all the men who were said to be my contemporaries, it seemed to me that John Brown was the only one who had not died.

Henry David Thoreau
Men, Dying, John Brown
Henry David Thoreau (1992). “The Essays of Henry David Thoreau”, p.72, Rowman & Littlefield

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