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minus-squareFartsWithAnAccentlinkfedilinkEnglish39•2 years agoYou mean like escaping slavery or killing slavers?
minus-squarekaty ✨linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoWould be good to be able to learn that in Florida so they can learn how they put the skills to use.
minus-squareFaelNumlinkfedilink15•edit-22 years agoSeems like a good skill to have in the back pocket even today.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•edit-22 years agoJohn Brown did nothing wrong. (except maybe a bit tactically at the end.)
minus-squareFaelNumlinkfedilink5•edit-22 years agoHad not heard of him. Turns out to be a worthy research hole to fall into for others wondering.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 years agoI’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.
You mean like escaping slavery or killing slavers?
Would be good to be able to learn that in Florida so they can learn how they put the skills to use.
It’s a global skill too.
Seems like a good skill to have in the back pocket even today.
Timeless skills really.
John Brown did nothing wrong. (except maybe a bit tactically at the end.)
Had not heard of him. Turns out to be a worthy research hole to fall into for others wondering.
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.