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[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

You mean like escaping slavery or killing slavers?

[-] FaelNum@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Seems like a good skill to have in the back pocket even today.

[-] revelrous@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

John Brown did nothing wrong. (except maybe a bit tactically at the end.)

[-] FaelNum@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Had not heard of him. Turns out to be a worthy research hole to fall into for others wondering.

[-] revelrous@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

I'd also recommend a recentish book about him and Lincoln called The Zealot and the Emancipator in case anyone wants some light reading. The politics around Bleeding Kansas feels relevant to the US today.

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