John Brown of Harper's Ferry Fame. The beginning of the Civil War.

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Send us a text Biden carried Georgia by just under 12,000 votes. They had a Republican governor and Republican Secreatary of State. Trump called them and asked them to "find" those votes. I just need one more than Biden got to carry the state. Trump threatened the Secretary of State with prosecution if he did not "find" the votes. The county prosecutor Fannie Wills charged the president with corruption. Trump fought furiously. In time, Wills was remov...

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John Brown of Harper's Ferry Fame. The beginning of the Civil War.

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John Brown of Harper's Ferry Fame. The beginning of the Civil War.

Send us a text Jane and I recently went to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. This was the place where John Brown, in October of 1859, conducted his famous strike against slavery. Brown and all of his men were killed, which he anticipated might happen. So why did he engage in such a seemingly-futile action? In the bookstore I saw a biography of Brown written by W. E. B. Du Bois in 1909. Du Bois was the greatest Black intellectual of the 20th century and this book shows wh...