Post AzHh1SVJ5WoaDIhyvQ by workingclasshistory@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AzHh1SVJ5WoaDIhyvQ by workingclasshistory@mastodon.social
       2025-10-16T19:31:37Z
       
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       #OtD 16 Oct 1859 abolitionists led by John Brown, including Black people recruited by Harriet Tubman, raided a federal armoury in Harpers Ferry, WV, to get weapons to arm enslaved people. Several were killed, and Brown later executed for treason https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8828/harpers-ferry-raid
       
 (DIR) Post #AzHh1UBArLtnPRIvp2 by Nimbius666@comp.lain.la
       2025-10-17T01:12:49.231967Z
       
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       @workingclasshistory he shot the mayor of the town, sniper style, from a bell tower as well.