William Lloyd Garrison: Speech Relating to the Execution of John Brown

Glossary

• Bunker Hill, and Lexington, and Concord and important battles of the Revolutionary War
• calumniator someone who knowingly and viciously lies
• coffle a group of captives bound together
• his large humanity his goodheartedness
• LaFayette … Kosciusko … Pulaski … Steuben … De Kalb foreign nationals who helped the Americans’ cause in the Revolutionary War—Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), French military officer and general in the Continental army; Polish national Thaddeus Kosciusko (1746–1817), who became an American citizen and general in the Continental army; Casimir Pulaski (1746–1779), Polish nobleman and general in the Continental army; Friedrich von Steuben (1730–1794), Prussian army officer and inspector general of the Continental army; Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), German soldier and general in the Continental army
• Sharp’s rifles Sharps rifles, a popular brand of firearm designed by Christian Sharps