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[โ€“] grrk@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Not_mikey@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

John brown was a violent abolitionist before the civil war. He led the raid on a military base called Harper's ferry to get guns to trigger a slave revolt. Maybe with some kalishnikovs (ak-47) they might have been able to succeed.