Despite the hold which slavery had at that time on the country, despite the popular prejudice against the Negro, despite the shock which the first alarm occasioned, almost from the first John Brown received a large measure of sympathy and appreciation.
Despite the prevailing prejudices of his time, Douglass notes that John Brown garnered significant sympathy and appreciation early on.
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