John Brown Wanted to Arm Slaves with Pikes

[Picket]

John Brown wanted to arm slaves with pikes. The idea failed. These 3 sites may help you decide the radical abolitionist's legacy. https://civil-war-picket.blogspot.co...-enslaved.html

[DougCooper]

Re: John Brown Wanted to Arm Slaves with Pikes

Freedom fighter - there is no greater love than to lay down your life for your fellow man...and he died for millions who were not free. For him it wasn't about political power, prestige, money or anything other than about righting a great evil, and by God, we actually did it, 700,000 dead later. He was crazy of course, and he matched brutality for brutality, but often that is what it takes to start a revolution. Patience and meekness is for the weak and unmotivated, not for martyrs.

The single coolest guidon I have ever seen was carried by the 1st Minnesota Co A/F back in the 80's-90's. It had John Brown's "battle honors" on it, and was accompanied by the battle cry "John Brown!"