John Brown, catalyst
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Hair Friday: John Brown
Vincent Bartholomew, October 4, 2019, Pieces of History (National Archives)
Abolitionist
John Brown, who was previously clean shaven, grew a robust beard during
his preparations for the raid on Harpers Ferry as a way to disguise
himself to keep it secret. The two years before the raid is the only
time Brown had a beard.
After the raid and his arrest, Brown delivered his final address in a
courtroom in Charleston, Virginia (now West Virginia), on November 2,
1859. His words echo through time: “I believe, that to have interfered
as I have done in behalf of His despised poor,
is no wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should
forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle
my blood further with the blood of my children and with the blood
of millions in this slave country whose rights are
disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I say ‘let it be
done.’”
While antislavery advocates saw him as a pioneer, his willingness to die
for his cause evoked fear in white Southerners. Even though Brown’s use
of violence was seen as radical, abolitionists and antislavery
activists enshrined Brown as a hero, martyr, and
catalyst for the end of slavery.
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“Politicians, Priests, and psychiatrists often face the same problem: how to find the most rapid and permanent means of changing a man’s belief…The problem of the doctor and his nervously ill patient, and that of the religious leader who sets out to gain and hold new converts, has now become the problem of whole groups of nations, who wish not only to confirm certain political beliefs within their boundaries, but to proselytize the outside world.”
– William Sargant “Battle of the Mind”
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