St. Albans (VT) Weekly Messenger, "Barbarism," November 17, 1859

     Barbarism. 

...A long confession, written by himself, was read by one of his counsel, going into the history of his connection with Brown in the Kansas war and in running off slaves from Missouri, of John Brown’s convention in Canada, and of his own exploration of Jefferson county, Va., under Brown’s directions, to prepare for the general stampede of slaves....

[Editor's Note: The majority of this article has been omitted from our transcription except for the portions directly the term "slave stampedes" or some variant.]