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happy John Brown day!

Erik Loomis@erikloomis.bsky.social

This Day in Labor History: October 16, 1859. John Brown and a group of followers invade the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (today WV) to start a war and end slavery. Let's talk about this key moment in American labor history!

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also i find it really interesting that that painting "tragic prelude" was meant as a warning and critique of Brown, but ended up going so hard that people (rightly) are like CRUSH THE SLAVE POWER LET'S GOOOOOOOOO