Quote#Wisdom
I bring you one of the best and bravest persons on this continent —…
Quote byJohn Brown · 1800–1859
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Introducing Harriet Tubman to Wendell Phillips, as quoted in The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom (1898) by Wilbur Henry Siebert, p. 185 also in "The Underground Railway" (27 May 1902) by W. H. Withrow, as published in Proceedings.
English (original)
I bring you one of the best and bravest persons on this continent — General Tubman as we call her.
— John Brown
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