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The autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died.

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The attack of John Brown upon Harper's Ferry came upon Virginia like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky.

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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.

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When I first concluded to print the book, I made an honest effort to construct it in the third person.

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And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, or father, than the knowledge that you come from honest blood.

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

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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.

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

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The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the Virginia colony in the reign of Charles the First.

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America is good enough for us.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: December 27th, 1846

Died: May 12th, 1913

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