#OnThisDay 05/09/1800: John Brown was born. He was an #abolitionist who came to believe that #slavery would never be ended in the US through purely peaceful means. He formed an army of black & white people dedicated to ending slavery by any means necessary.
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On this day, #JohnBrown was born in Torrington, CT, in 1800. A staunch abolitionist, Brown led Free Stater forces in the Civil War prelude of Bleeding Kansas. Convinced that only a slave revolt could destroy slavery, Brown led a failed uprising in Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
A Columbia University University professor who praised terrorists and teaches a course on queer and feminist BIPOC traditions from decolonial abolitionist perspectives, is speaking from an office with a bookcase with no books.
The The Babylon Bee wishes they had writers who were that funny