. Book of the Royal blue . etone negro youth to bring up, as one of ourown. First we would try to get someChristian slave owner to release one to us,but in case of failure we have all agreed tosubmit to considerable privation in order tobuy one. We would do this in the confidentexpectation that God would use it as ameans to bring them all out of bondage. At that time it was a penal offence inmost of the slave states to teach slaves toread, and a similar prejudicial sentimentprevailed in many of the free states. Indirect violation of the laws in vogue, andwith full knowledge of the fate of Miss
. Book of the Royal blue . etone negro youth to bring up, as one of ourown. First we would try to get someChristian slave owner to release one to us,but in case of failure we have all agreed tosubmit to considerable privation in order tobuy one. We would do this in the confidentexpectation that God would use it as ameans to bring them all out of bondage. At that time it was a penal offence inmost of the slave states to teach slaves toread, and a similar prejudicial sentimentprevailed in many of the free states. Indirect violation of the laws in vogue, andwith full knowledge of the fate of MissCrandall (who founded a school for thenegroes, for which she was arrested andher house was set on fire), John Brownformulated plans for negro education pre-liminary to their emancipation. At this time the state of affairs inKansas was so incredibly bad that thestory of them reads today like some tale ofthe inner history of the Inquisition. Thestate was, of course, the battle-groundwhere the Civil War was rehearsed in petto. THE HERO OF HARPERS FERRY
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