MikeDunnAuthor on Nostr: Today in Labor History October 16, 1859: Abolitionist John Brown led his famous raid ...

Today in Labor History October 16, 1859: Abolitionist John Brown led his famous raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in order to obtain weapons to defeat the forces of slavery. The raid failed and Brown was executed. Brown was an Evangelical Christian who believed he was "an instrument of God", raised to strike the "death blow" to American slavery.

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