Henry Thoreau claimed that this man knew "no more of grammar than one of your calves," and asks "When were the good and brave ever in a majority?"
Henry Thoreau claimed that this man knew "no more of grammar than one of your calves," and asks "When were the good and brave ever in a majority?" This man fought Henry Pate in the Battle of Black Jack at Palmyra, and he also lost to John Reid at Osawatomie. A Free State company under this man's command received news of the sack of (*) Lawrence two days before they killed five settlers in the Pottawatomie Massacre. This man is best known for his defeat by Robert E. Lee's marines during a 1859 raid on a West Virginian armory. For 10 points, name this radical abolitionist who led an unsuccessful raid on Harpers Ferry.
Henry Thoreau claimed that this man knew "no more of grammar than one of your calves," and asks "When were the good and brave ever in a majority?"
John {Brown}