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Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, naturalist and philosopher from Concord, Massachusetts.More about Henry David Thoreau →
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Gid Newell
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Political Philosophy
A Plea for Captain John Brown
by Henry David Thoreau · read by Gid Newell · 1 hr 8 min
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In October 1859 John Brown led a raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, hoping to start a slave revolt. He was captured and sentenced to hang. Many Americans called him a madman. Henry David Thoreau gave this speech in Concord to say otherwise. He argued that Brown was a man of principle and that the country's real fault lay with those who accepted slavery. Read by Gid Newell. Seventy-one minutes. For readers interested in American history and in Thoreau as a speaker.
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- Length
- 1 hr 8 min
- Narration
- Solo narrator
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Released
- June 2026
- Publisher
- Academy Voices
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9798240160936
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