Abolisyonista on Nostr: Mind blown that the song “John Brown's Body” actually predated and what the ...
Mind blown that the song “John Brown's Body” actually predated and what the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” is based on, meaning that this song now associated with militarism was once a song about abolishing slavery, and that the Civil War was framed in explicitly religious terms.
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