Today is John Brown's birthday. An important abolitionist, ..
Added 2020-05-09 23:34:49 +0000 UTCToday is John Brown's birthday. An important abolitionist, and a man willing to both kill and die for the things he believed in. A man who k1dnapped George Washington's slave holding great-nephew, as well as collaborated with Harriet Tubman and saw slavery as one of the greatest sins a man could commit. He was also a man who viciously beat his children, and killed without reservation those who disagreed with him and actively participated in massacres against men who supported slavery. Abolitionist, warrior, terrorist, mass-murderer, religious zealot. All these words can accurately be applied to John Brown, and it is important to remember peoples' legacies in full, both the good and the bad. But most importantly, in my opinion, he was a man who willingly gave his life to fight the evil institution of slavery this nation was built upon. "I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with bl00d. I had, as I now think, vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done."
