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  "textContent": "submitted by thelastaxolotl to chapotraphouse\n49 points | 18 comments\n\n\nJohn Brown, born on this day in 1800, was a militant abolitionist who advocated for and practiced armed insurrection to overthrow the system of slavery in the U.S. He became the first American executed for treason after raiding Harpers Ferry.\n\nBrown first gained national attention when he led small groups of volunteers during the Bleeding Kansas crisis of 1856. He was dissatisfied with the pacifism of the organized abolitionist movement, stating “These men are all talk. What we need is action - action!”\n\nIn October 1859, Brown led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (modern day West Virginia), intending to start a liberation movement that would spread south through the mountainous regions of Virginia and North Carolina.\n\nAlthough Brown’s group successfully seized the armory at first, his raid was defeated by a combination of volunteer militia and state forces led by Robert E. Lee, who later commanded the Confederate States Army. Seven people were killed, two of whom were Brown’s sons Oliver and Watson, and at least ten more were injured.\n\nBrown had intended to arm enslaved people with weapons from the armory, but only a small number of locals were willing to join him, possibly due to an unfamiliarity with firearms. Within 36 hours, those of Brown’s men who had not fled were killed or captured by local farmers, militiamen, or U.S. Marines.\n\nBrown was hastily tried for treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, the murder of five men, and inciting a slave insurrection. He was found guilty on all counts and was hanged, becoming the first person executed for treason in the history of the United States.\n\n\"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land can never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think, vainly flattered myself that without very much bloodshed, it might be done.\"\n\n  * John Brown\n\n\n\n**Megathreads and spaces to hang out:**\n\n  * 🐻 Link to all Hexbear comms hexbear.net/post/1403966\n  * 🐼 Hexbear Matrix Chat matrix.to/#/#Hexbear:matrix.org\n  * 📀 Come listen to music and Watch movies with your fellow Hexbears nerd, in Cy.tube](live.hexbear.net/c/movies\n  * 🔥 Read and talk about a current topics in the News Megathread hexbear.net/post/8026521\n  * ⚔ Come talk in the New Weekly PoC thread hexbear.net/post/8030647\n  * 🏳️‍⚧️ Talk with fellow Trans comrades in the New Weekly Trans thread hexbear.net/post/8034428\n  * 👊 New Weekly Improvement thread hexbear.net/post/8027723\n  * 🧡 Disabled comm megathread hexbear.net/post/7886148\n  * ☕ Parenting Chat hexbear.net/post/8025314\n  * 🐉 Anime & Manga discussion thread hexbear.net/post/7546692\n  * 🎩Fashion megathread hexbear.net/post/7228810\n  * 🎨 Art & Drawings megathread hexbear.net/post/8070591\n\n\n\n**reminders:**\n\n  * 💚 You nerds can join specific comms to see posts about all sorts of topics\n  * 💙 Hexbear’s algorithm prioritizes comments over upbears\n  * 💜 Sorting by new you nerd\n  * 🐶 Join the unofficial Hexbear-adjacent Mastodon instance toots.matapacos.dog\n\n\n\n**Links To Resources (Aid and Theory):**\n\n**Aid:**\n\n  * 🌈 LGBTQ+ Resource Post\n  * 🍉 Resources for Palestine\n  * 🐌☕ Zapatista Coffee\n\n\n\n**Theory:**\n\n  * ❤️Foundations of Leninism\n  * ❤️Anarchism and Other Essays\n\n\n\n**Financial Support to the Bearsite**\n\n  * 🇨🇳 liberapay.com/hexbear\n\n  * 🇷🇺 www.patreon.com/hexbear\n\n\n",
  "title": "“I, John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.” - Novo General Megathread for the 9th-15th of May 2026"
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