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John Brown Insane?>Deposition of David King
Deposition
of David L. King, November 15, 1859
Source:
The New York Times, November 18, 1859.
I, David L. King of the town of Akron County of Summit &
State Ohio being [illegible word] duly sworn, depose and say
that I have been slightly acquainted with John Brown for from
five to eight years and have considered him as lacking a "balance
wheel"about the 1st of April last having some business
with a son of said Brown on a farm about 4 miles distant from
this village on my return I was requested to take said John
Brown & two of his Kansas followers in my wagon to town
on the way I passed the time in conversation with Mr Brown &
became convinced that on the subject of slavery he was crazy
he was armed to the teeth & remarked among other things
that he was an "instrument in the hands of God to free
the slaves" I asked his followers if they were relatives
of Mr Brown they said no that they were all "Sons of Liberty"
& were on there way to Kansas to engage in the good work
& that they always went armed & would never be taken
alive
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