Today is the 225th anniversary of legendary abolitionist John Brown’s birth! To mark his birthday,…

Eugene Debs’s Stirring, Never-Before-Published Eulogy to John Brown at Harpers Ferry

In a previously unpublished eulogy to John Brown from 1908, Eugene Debs proclaimed Brown the “greatest liberator this country has known” and declared that ”the Socialist Party is carrying on the work begun by John Brown.” We publish it here in full.

Today is the 225th anniversary of legendary abolitionist John Brown’s birth! To mark his birthday,…

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On This Day: Abolitionist John Brown, Born in 1800, Remains a Symbol of Radical Resistance

John Brown, a white, 19th-century abolitionist, was born on May 9, 1800. A white man unwaveringly devoted to ending slavery, Brown spent his life fighting oppression—donating land to escaped slaves and aiding the Underground Railroad. Frederick Douglass once said Brown “is in sympathy a Black man,” a testament to his deep commitment. In 1859, Brown led 21 men—Black and white—in a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, W.Va., aiming to spa…

May 9: The Rural Roots of the Controversial Abolitionist John Brown.

https://todayincthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/May-9-TodayinCTHist-.mp3   Today in 1800, the abolitionist John Brown was born in a humble saltbox house on a farm in Torrington, Connecticut. One of the most controversial figures in United States antebellum history, Brown was, and still is, a polarizing figure. Some see him as a social justice visionary, prepared to do whatever was needed to end the scourge of slavery; others, as an unsta…