[DOC] [TLE] Freedom's Martyr - The New York Times [PAR] Dec 1, 2009 ... Today is the 150th anniversary of Brown's hanging  the grim punishment for his 
raid weeks ... convicted of treason, murder and inciting an insurrection, and 
hanged on Dec. 2, 1859. ... Ralph Waldo Emerson compared him to Jesus, 
declaring that Brown would make the gallows as glorious as the cross. [DOC] [TLE] Was John Brown an Abolitionist Hero or a Left-Wing Terrorist ... [PAR] On the evening of October 16, 1859, Brown and twenty-one menrunaway ... 
Brown and six other insurgents were hanged for treason hanged on December 2, 
1859. ... after he witnessed a man brutally beating a young slave boy with an iron 
shovel. ... declaring that Brown would make the gallows as glorious as the cross. [DOC] [TLE] John Brown Abolitionist 1800 1859 - American Civil War [PAR] Ralph Waldo Emerson said that Brown's death would "make the gallows as ... 
This image shows a heroic Brown being adored by a slave mother and child as 
he walks to his execution on December 2, 1859. ... It is every man's, but how few 
there are to help. ... and treason against the state and sentenced to death by 
hanging. [DOC] [TLE] Is John Brown an American Hero? - Oakland Unified School District [PAR] ... treason. John Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859. .... Ralph Waldo 
Emerson said that Brown's death would "make the gallows as glorious as the 
cross.". [DOC] [TLE] Arthur Jordan: John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry (Winter 1960) [PAR] May 2, 2009 ... Brown himself was hanged at Charlestown on December 2, 1859  the first 
American hanged for treason. [3] ... Ralph Waldo Emerson said that if Brown 
were hanged, he would make the gallows as glorious as the cross. ... In Kansas 
John Brown said: It is better that a whole generation of men, women, and... [DOC] [TLE] John Brown Archives - - Racism Review [PAR] Dec 12, 2009 ... In October 1859, ... Brown was not the wild and crazy man of much historical 
and textbook writing: ... Ralph Waldo Emerson compared him to Jesus, declaring 
that Brown would make the gallows as glorious as the cross. ... By the time of his 
hanging, John Brown was so respected in the North that bells... [DOC] [TLE] John Brown's Raid | Teachinghistory.org [PAR] In October 1859, Brown and a small band of followers seized the arsenal, 
intending to ... He was hanged that December. What the Textbooks Say ... 
grandiose statement that Brown would make the gallows as glorious as the 
cross. ... dismissed the raid as the attempt of an insane old man and his handful 
of confederates,... [DOC] [TLE] John Brown's Raid [ushistory.org] [PAR] Harper's Ferry before John Brown's raid on October 16, 1859. ... Ralph Waldo 
Emerson predicted that Brown would make "the gallows as glorious as the cross. [DOC] [TLE] John Brown Assessed 150 Years After Harpers Ferry Raid [PAR] Nov 10, 2009 ... He says the two leading newspapers in the United States in 1859 ... Mad man or 
martyr? ... Here in the United States, poet Ralph Waldo Emerson actually 
compared Brown to Christ, saying "he would make the gallows as glorious as the 
cross. ... said Brown was a lunatic and his actions justified his hanging. [DOC] [TLE] Harper's Ferry - Digital History [PAR] On August 19, 1859, John Brown, the Kansas abolitionist, and Frederick ... For 
three days, the two men discussed whether violence could be ... "When I strike," 
Brown said, "the bees will begin to swarm, and I shall need you to help hive them.
" ... and declared that his death had made "the gallows as glorious as the cross. [DOC] [TLE] John Brown--Terrorist or Patriot--complete.docx - Renton School ... [PAR] Whether the raid at Harpers Ferry can be said to have caused the Civil War is a 
matter of ... Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Letter to John Brown (1859) ...

Question: Emerson said this man, hanged for treason on Dec. 2, 1859, would make the gallows "as glorious as the cross"
Answer: John Brown