John Brown letters

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[Kansas-Osage  Countyj ^ ^
LIfg AKD LETTERS  OP JQIiN BROWN— p.  B. Sanborn
lp. 482}    On Sunday December IS, a negro man called Jim
came over to the Osage Settlement from Missouri hnd stated that he,  together with his wife,  two children,  and
another negro man, were  to toe sold within a day or two,
and "begged for help to  get away.    On Monday (the  follow-*
ing night)   two small companies were made up to go  to
Missouri and forcibly liherate the five salves , together
with other slaves.    One of these companies I assumed to
direct.   We  proceeded to  the place, surrounded the build-
ings,  liberated the slaves, and also  took certain property
supposed to belong to the estate.    We however learned
that a portion of the articles we had taken belonged to a
man living on the  place as  tenant, and who was supposed
to have no interest in the estate.    We promptly returned
to him all we had taken.    We  then went to another plantation where we found five more slaves, took some property
and  t#o white men.   We moved all slowly away into  the
territory for some distance and then sent the white men
back, telling them to  follow as soon as   they desired to do
so.    The other company freed one female slaves, took some
property, and as 1 am informed, killed one white man (the
master), who fought against the liberation*
Now for the   comparison.    Eleven persons were forcibly
y