THE autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother...#John Sergeant Wise
That settled Abraham Lincoln with me. I was thoroughly satisfied that no such man ought...#John Sergeant Wise
My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and...#John Sergeant Wise
In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder...#John Sergeant Wise
In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to...#John Sergeant Wise
In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer,...#John Sergeant Wise
IN all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of...#John Sergeant Wise
