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Sanborn, another supporter, headed to Canada also, to try a change of air for his old complaint. Smith was admitted to an insane asylum to evade arrest (Redpath, 102). When Brown was put on trial, both his opponents and his supporters thought he was crazy (Devillers, 102)...
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Some thought a plea of insanity would save him from his death and so his family presented documents claiming insanity ran in the family (Devillers, 102). Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise was confident that Brown was an intelligent and brave man and he convicted him of murder, treason against Virginia, and conspiring to incite a slave revolt...
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