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positions on [...] slavery were very mainstream Thankfully we also had figures like John Brown to fight the good fight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bro
by b40d-48b2-979e 8mo ago
positions on [...] slavery were very mainstream
Thankfully we also had figures like John Brown to fight the good fight.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist)
- bell-cot 8mo agoTo clarify - John Brown was an American, with a Puritan/Calvinist background, born to fairly humble circumstances. Very unlike Acton. And Britain's record on slavery is both far more complex, and far less bad, than many modern ideologues might have us believe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Africa_Squadron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Africa_Squadron