John Brown: The Radical Abolitionist Who Killed Slavery, Sparked a Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights
May 22, 2025
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On this episode of Our American Stories, to Southerners, he was a dangerous villain. To many Northerners, a fanatic. But to himself, he was an instrument of God, sent to end slavery. Bestselling author David S. Reynolds (John Brown, Abolitionist) tells the powerful story of the man who helped ignite the Civil War and laid the groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement.
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