Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Anniversaries: X years ago today@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 days ago167 years ago today, abolitionist John Brown led 23 men on a raid of the Harpers Ferry Armory. It resulted in 19 of them being killed, but also galvanized both sides and helped to spark the Civil War.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-link167 years ago today, abolitionist John Brown led 23 men on a raid of the Harpers Ferry Armory. It resulted in 19 of them being killed, but also galvanized both sides and helped to spark the Civil War.en.wikipedia.orgArthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Anniversaries: X years ago today@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0linkfedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/54103900 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist)
