
SYMHC Classics: John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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Brown's Mental Instability
For decades, historical accounts painted Brown as mentally unstable with descriptions being full of words like delusional and madman. But really, Brown was methodical and well-researched in this whole idea. Harriet Tubman described him as the only white person that she ever met who actually thought that slavery was a life or death issue.
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