“John Brown’s Body” – the original “Battle Hymn of the Republic”

“John Brown’s Body” – the original “Battle Hymn of the Republic”

Amid the political turmoil that we have seen unfold in 2025, the abolitionist John Brown has been popping up in the social feeds of the left. The phrase “Don’t argue with people John Brown would have shot” jumps out as a bold statement, and insists on a knowledge of this particular figure in American history. c.1847 daguerreotype taken by Augustus Washington A true patriot who fought to end the institution of slavery and for equality of African…