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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07590 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1859 |
| Title | Mahahla Doyle to John Brown regarding his death penalty |
| Date | 20 November 1859 |
| Author | Doyle, Mahala (fl. 1859) |
| Recipient | Brown, John |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | By the widow and mother of three men killed by Brown in the Pottawatomie massacre: "My son John whose life I begged of [you] is grown up and is very desirous to be at Charlestown on the day of your execution, would certainly be there if his means would permit it, that he might adjust the rope around your neck."Published in the Liberator, 16 December 1859. Also quoted in Robert Penn Warren's John Brown: The Making of a Martyr (1929). |
| Subjects | John Brown Abolition Guerrilla Warfare Death Death Penalty Women's History Children and Family Slavery African American History |
| People | Brown, John (1800-1859) Doyle, Mahala (fl. 1859) |
| Place written | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; Women in American History; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |