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10-15-2009, 11:17 PM
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Location: West Virginia
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150th Anniversary of Historic Raid on Harpers Ferry (http://your4state.com/content/fulltext/?cid=83812 - broken link) 
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10-16-2009, 08:10 AM
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Location: Brooklyn
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Poor John Brown. He was so delusional. He actually believed that his raid was going to set off an uprising.
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10-16-2009, 08:35 AM
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Location: Coastal New Jersey
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Katie1
150th Anniversary of Historic Raid on Harpers Ferry (http://your4state.com/content/fulltext/?cid=83812 - broken link)
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Thanks for posting this. I really wanted to go down there but just couldn't do it financially or schedule-ly.
He wasn't insane, but he was obsessed. Anyway, his words impacted the country enough that he changed history even though his actions failed. |
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10-16-2009, 08:40 AM
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Location: WV and Eastport, ME
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Obsessive is almost an understatement when evaluating John Brown's actions. However, his treatment of black people was so far ahead of his time as to be remarkable, even if his actions failed. He addressed blacks as Mr. and Mrs. had them is his home as dinner guests and in every way treated this as absolute equals, something virtually nobody did at that time.
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10-16-2009, 08:47 AM
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Location: Parts Unknown, Northern California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fred314X
Poor John Brown. He was so delusional. He actually believed that his raid was going to set off an uprising.
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He also stated at his trial that he beleived his execution would go further toward feeing the slaves than anything he could have accomplished with his naive attempt to forment a slave rebellion.
In that he was correct. |
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10-17-2009, 07:32 PM
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Location: Coastal New Jersey
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Originally Posted by mensaguy
Obsessive is almost an understatement when evaluating John Brown's actions. However, his treatment of black people was so far ahead of his time as to be remarkable, even if his actions failed. He addressed blacks as Mr. and Mrs. had them is his home as dinner guests and in every way treated this as absolute equals, something virtually nobody did at that time.
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I'm reading David Reynolds' biography of John Brown. It's pretty comprehensive. |
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10-17-2009, 10:46 PM
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Location: West Virginia
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Hundreds Walk Historic Route - News- msnbc.com (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33352843/ns/local_news-hagerstown_md/ - broken link)
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10-18-2009, 01:19 AM
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John Brown achieved far more in death than he ever could have in life. The interesting thing is that he realized that. He was perfectly willing to be a martyr to the cause of abolition.
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10-18-2009, 08:20 AM
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I would have loved to have participated in that... I'm guessing they didn't allow strollers with one-year olds on the trip though...  |
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10-18-2009, 02:56 PM
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Location: West Virginia
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Why not! I would have gone on my scooter if I had transportation to Harpers Ferry!
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