• frog@feddit.uk
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    4 days ago

    He was dissatisfied with abolitionist pacifism, saying of pacifists, “These men are all talk. What we need is action—action!”

    I started reading his Wiki page. Bro, this guy is the most badass guy before the US Civil War even started.

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      He was widely considered a martyr in the antislavery North, and his attempt to start a slave rebellion in Virginia is often considered one of the causes (or aggravating triggers, if one prefers) of the Civil War.

      His soul goes marching on!

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        3 days ago

        Thank you for the info and for posting. I’m gonna memorize that song.