Orson Wells reading John Brown's speech at his sentencing.

[@jonathanisrael9714]

Back in the 60's, as the teacher in grade school discussed Harper's Ferry and John Brown, I asked her who he really was and why he got into trouble. I wanted to know of he was a good man or bad man and teacher said he was just a crazy man or a kook. It was years later when I learned the truth of what a righteous man he was in a nation half filled with kooks.

[@admixx5444]

Not even half filled. Even malcom x harped on about the liberal who claims that violence is not a solution to violence. Look at what happened during the new york draft riots. The whole country was filled with kooks and cowards. John brown was one of the few sane men.

[@poisonshroom64]

Righteousness in the midst of evil will drive one to madness

[@slimkickens]

Half of them kooks, the other half cowards

[@atillanandorfuri3343]

He was the man willing to sacrifice his life to make good on a promise that the founding fathers made, and weren't brave enough to uphold. It might be crazy to wholeheartedly believe a century old lie, but he proved to be crazy enough to drag that lie closer to reality.

[@JAHLEADINI]

@@poisonshroom64 well said. And I think he was not the only one or only time,it was just the instance they couldn't hide.

[@bobholly3843]

"His zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was a taper light, his was the burning sun. Mine was bounded by time, his stretched away to the silent shores of eternity...I could live for the slave. John Brown could die for the slave." -Frederick Douglas

[@Brian_yeah_that_brian_Strang]

This is exactly the quote I was looking for. Thanks

[@michaelmartin6912]

Douglas was the most articulate man in the English speaking world of the 19th century. ..His quotes are like first rate poetry ....imo

[@hueyb6905]

Wow

[@blacksnakedotcom]

@@michaelmartin6912 no

[@mgway4661]

Simply beautiful

[@dyne313]

I love the line, "I don't argue with people John Brown would have shot".

[@tubeguy4066]

He was an American Traitor and insurrectionist

[@dyne313]

@@tubeguy4066 John Brown was an American hero

[@ThePynnacle]

who said that? Because I'm gonna say it all the time!!!

[@grugg3108]

@@ThePynnacle it's a common modern phrase by those who wish to further civil rights today. Tmk, I don't think it could be fairly attributed to anyone unless someone managed to make a sweeping search of the internet and found the first reference to it.

[@wehaveasituation]

Sure, and Huey P. Newton would have said the same thing. So what? These are insane murderous radicals.

[@ncooty]

I appreciated his observation that if he'd done the exact same things on behalf of rich people, it would have been alright. It was only deemed wrong because he did it for enslaved people. Such honesty and integrity.

[@wehaveasituation]

What utter gibberish. What on earth do you mean "if he'd done the exact same things on behalf of rich people"? Are you completely moronic?

[@FeHearts]

He was funded by rich people in the North. The first man he killed at Harpers Ferry was a Black Freeman.

[@ryujin199_]

That his observation remains true even today is both frustrating and disgusting. He recognized the key issues and addressed the directly. And yet they remain the same issues we face even today.

[@wehaveasituation]

And I suppose you think Rev Jim Jones was right as far as his radical narratives? His mashup of Mao and Nat Turner? Andf where was John Brown's apology for murdering the American soldier first encountered at Harper's Ferry--who happened to be black? What, Brown thought that was okay? No apology? @@ryujin199_

[@Bluecloudprod]

This reading by Orson Wells is so good...you can almost imagine it's John Brown in an actual recording from the courtroom. Pitch Perfect.

[@emilycarlton5548]

Perfection!!!

[@mpazfernandezcastello2529]

Orson Wells era un GENIO con mayúsculas, un maestro de maestros

[@gilbertocamacho6769]

Is the entire recording here on YT?

[@MarcillaSmith]

The French insurrections have always been celebrated for their excellence. Now there is an American insurrection by John Brown inspired by that same excellence

[@patriciajrs46]

Nicely done. I agree.

[@InconvientNecessity]

"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."

[@emilycarlton5548]

That statement sir is articulate, sensible, and so eloquent!!! It is so needed to be said!!! Thank you and may God keep you and yours !!!!

[@johnnychaos152]

@@emilycarlton5548 Yet the first person that John Brown killed at Harper's Ferry was a BLACK man. That's rather awkward and inconvenient.

[@eamxix4956]

@@emilycarlton5548 lol wut? Source?

[@maxwellschmidt235]

@@johnnychaos152 rather awkward to feign concern for the life of one black man to criticize a one man revolution to free all black men from slavery.

[@jtofgc]

@@eamxix4956 Early in the raid, Brown and his men were lying in wait at the train station to capture a train and prevent it from sending word to Richmond and Washington, which would have meant state militia and federal troops would reach them before they could disperse and begin recruiting new troops from the plantations. A free black porter who worked at the station made a run for the tracks as the train was approaching so he could warn them not to stop and one of Brown's men shot him. This upset Brown and he ended up letting the train go. This, along with the local sharpshooters harassing him from the ridges on either side of town, allowed the marine corps to arrive while they were still pinned down in the guard house.

[@MrHustle111]

Salute to John Brown! As a black American I am forever grateful for your sacrifice for my ancestors freedom. Rest easy brother...

[@wehaveasituation]

But Brown had no part in starting the war, let alone in any way influencing Lincoln's Emancipation move. Brown was a fanatical murderer and his compassion and devotion to black folks was extremely patronizing--very much like that of Rev Jim Jones and similar lunatics, with whom he shared the same radical "burn it all down" rhetoric.

[@MrHustle111]

@@wehaveasituation I didn't say he had anything to do with the war. Maybe you should reread my comment...

[@wehaveasituation]

@@MrHustle111 Well it was the war that brought freedom to the slaves--not some radical religious fanatical murderer like John Brown. The first person murdered in the bungled raid on Harper's Ferry happened to be a black soldier. Of course Brown and his fanatical followers would excuse this as somehow being part of the Struggle, or some such bullshit--just like today's BLM and "antifa' thugs.

[@chellelechelle]

Same

[@wehaveasituation]

@@chellelechelle So then what is it you're grateful for in Brown's behavior? You forgot to say.

[@stevemellgard6393]

"I am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood". John Brown

[@chellelechelle]

His stance is also backed by scripture, America is polluted by the blood of slaves & Natives . “So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.” ‭‭Numbers‬ ‭35:33‬ ‭KJV‬‬

[@mouraborisova8558]

😊This is the answer to the question of why we are not yet free. The men that John Brown had talked of are still here. Their sins can only be purged away by 😂shedding of their blood.

[@pacman5698]

If Welles had got around to finishing his planned projects about John Brown, I think it could have become one of the most powerful films about American history ever made. Right up there with what Kubrick would have done with his planned Napoleon film.

[@pcaetano7527]

see the Good Lord Bird

[@rogirek3362]

If only. What a beautiful thing it would be, to see justice done by the greatest hero I know in American history. All the more in these times. Are we to think our children will be ashamed to learn their history? Why would we assume that they'll identify with Jefferson, and not Brown? Why would they think they'll see themselves in the likes of the slaveowners and not the liberators? Perhaps because we assume our children will identify with those who we see ourselves in, hmm?

[@richmanifesto1090]

You know I just realized there's been like 3 screen adaptations focusing on John brown

[@newjerseyyouth4853]

Better than that travesty birth of a nation

[@duderama6750]

Good point. Kubrick made Barry Lyndon instead, and it was secretly all about America and it's founding fathers.

[@RuffhouseNC]

John Brown is the man. Talk the talk and walk the walk. I will meet you one day.

[@kgbmg9318]

Me because I want to..

[@Billybob-bm7vt]

So you want to meet him in hell ok then

[@andrewhall7930]

Why would he be in Hell? For refusing to permit slavery in his land? For murdering men who are themselves, murderers? John Brown's raid in Kansas targeted only people who were murderers. Do your research. By the way, I'm an Aussie, so I transcend your North\South prejudices. But you, I assume, are a white man, born in a Southern State. Right? Sad.

[@neilzientek]

Thankfull that Tyler has the defeated traitor Robert E. Lee as his profile picture. I could never have guessed that he was a neo-confederate loser from his opinion alone.

[@macleodlv]

His soul still marches on!

[@christopherlee9026]

John Brown was without a doubt one of histories finest individuals.

[@wehaveasituation]

He was a simplistic religious fanatic who chose to be a mass murderer. And he didn't choose to murder slave owners. Oh no, in fact the first person he murderedf at Harper's Ferry was a black soldier. And you're calling Brown one of history's "finest individuals"? What the hell is your major mental disorder?

[@Peasham]

​@@wehaveasituationSo all those slave owners he did murder, he didn't murder because they were slave owners.. because one black man was also murdered?

[@aximusroh6453]

John Brown's final words read by Orson Wells. A treasure within a treasure. Thank you for sharing!

[@warrenleming9049]

A man still too radical for History- .....carefully forgotten. The greatest of agitators- and a man who stood alone against slavery.

[@6tony1gray4]

A hero

[@guypierson5754]

Not alone, he had his followers who rode with him, never will you be alone when you fight for freedom. Find your allies for we are many.

[@geraldstephens6612]

He will Not be forgotten, not matter what.

[@maximilianavdeev7363]

Carefully forgotten? Shut the fuck up. CNN and other gay liberals like yourself canonized a fentynal and meth addict turning George Floyd into a literal saint on par with mother Theresa. Every public school is teaching white kids that they are fundamentally evil from the age of five years old and you’re saying that anything about minorities in this country is carefully forgotten? America literally worships worthless violent minorities and the fact you think John brown is “forgotten” when it’s in every public school textbook in America shows how retarded liberals are. Liberalism is in control of almost everything all ready and you still cry that evil racist America doesn’t teach enough white guilt.

[@gilbertocamacho6769]

He was maligned and made into a madman. Just look at the latest version of him played by Ethan Hawk. He deserves a fairer treatment. Maybe Quiten Tarratino will tell his story.

[@celticfox]

It's crazy how history will choose to remember him. Even crazier how people just now have learned about him.

[@raymonddeflaviis2306]

Check out Robert McGlone 's book. Many psychological insights. Highly readable.

[@denisloukeris2523]

The elites didn't want his story to be remembered he was a white man.

[@raymonddeflaviis2306]

@@denisloukeris2523 Not true. Brown is a model for the "elites" How can you be this misinformed? Brown foreshadowed the Woke neo-liberals and BLM

[@celticfox]

@@raymonddeflaviis2306 thank you, I'll have to check that out.

[@raymonddeflaviis2306]

@@celticfox It was McGlone's lifetime achievement. He was more of a teaching professor than an author, which makes his book on Brown so readable.

[@Johnsmith99663]

“These [abolitionists] are all talk. What we need is action-action!” -John Brown

[@oddshot60]

John Brown's is a life that should, especially in these times, be studied.

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

12 years and only 104k views? Insanity. One of the best videos on youtube

[@LEEboneisDaMan]

🎶His Soul is Marching On!🎶

[@abrahambendavid.7474]

Yes and amen.

[@lott_discordia6223]

When my due time has come I will stand with John Brown in the heavenly host.

[@Nyanimaxic]

John Browns body lies a mouldering in the grave, but his soul goes marching on!

[@rickjohnson9558]

WOW! Utterly fearless. I've read that that at his hanging people were awed by his courage.

[@bobholly3843]

If you look at his life, it's one failure after another followed by violence. He was a man beaten down by life. Death, I would think, wouldn't frighten a man after all that. I'm sure he knew when he picked up the fight against slavery, that it was most likely a one way trip.

[@eliotreader8220]

I understand that the guy who shot honest Ab was there

[@Oldass_Deadass_dumbass_channel]

@@eliotreader8220 Probably trying to cope with his horrible acting skills

[@pracylopgonzer3176]

I loved Raymond Massey’s portrayal of John Brown . He was fiery & charismatic , he played Brown with feverish zeal that made you both fear & admire him .

[@resistancejoe]

Santa Fe Trail, with Errol Flynn as Jeb Stewart, and Ronald Reagan as George Custer. Classic!

[@toxichammertoe8696]

Dude was an O.G!!!

[@samdumaquis2033]

What is an "O.G" please ?

[@chriss780]

@@samdumaquis2033 original gangster

[@paulsolon6229]

Ugh

[@anniew4105]

Bix noood

[@14goldmedals]

Nope, he never stole, cheated anyone, sold drugs, lied all the time, hurt innocent people, robbed, killed, raped, well you get the picture. OG’s are a new phenomenon that need to be eradicated no matter the cost. John Brown would’ve slapped the taste outta yo mouth.

[@Tyrion_L_GoT]

Magnificent Narration by Wells ...He could read the phone book and make it interesting

[@AndrewVelonis]

He actually did that on the Johnny Carson show.

[@Th3Chuzzl3r]

As a guy who was educated in the state of Kansas, we all learn about how badass Mr. John Brown was

[@jasonoliver4596]

This is my great grandfather. Our family had to take the first name just as a slave would as we were fugitives as was the secret six who funded harpers ferry fight. We have been stripped of all our rights to any historical marker, every tshirt sales, so this country stripped all our families rights to our own name because we fought slavery. They wouldn't let my great uncle be helped after being injured which is a war crime. Then what is now the Virginia common wealth university displayed my other uncles body and lopped off pieces of him for sale. A am named after my 3 uncles jason owen oliver, but I am and will always be a Brown.

[@danielmorton1606]

Why don't you restore your name? If his body is still around or you have artifacts, you could potentially sue VCU and the state. I don't think you would have T-shirt sale rights but you can have stuff aknowledged and get your own say in the story. Write or have a book written with the publicity.

[@Hates-handle]

Doubt it

[@willguilt5708]

Why he dont have a 🎥 by now?.

[@phillipsmitj9606]

Mr. Guilt there was one made with Raymond Massey starring as John Brown

[@willguilt5708]

1940 it had too suck! Its 2019 we should have a good 1 by now

[@capoislamort100]

Will Guilt well, make it happen homeboy. Why you gotta wait for Hollywood to do it?

[@taylormorris6890]

i wanna see a john brown anime series. i think that would be badass.

[@Borderose]

He kinda has one now.

[@DamianLoved]

John Brown did nothing wrong.

[@rickyj5547]

But he beheaded people. Go read the history book.

[@wickuswoss7257]

Bad deeds for a good cause

[@DamianLoved]

@@rickyj5547 I've read plenty but, like all of us, it wouldn't hurt to read more. John Brown did nothing wrong.

[@idkwhattohaveasausername5828]

@@rickyj5547 he didn’t behead people. He beheaded slave owners and supporters

[@Voland1871]

@@DamianLoved Here here, Sherman did. only one thing wrong, he stopped.

[@theplaguedoctor142]

John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave But his soul goes marching on The stars above in Heaven are looking kindly down The stars above in Heaven are looking kindly down The stars above in Heaven are looking kindly down On the grave of old John Brown Glory, Glory, Hallelujah Glory, Glory, Hallelujah Glory, Glory, Hallelujah His soul goes marching on

[@knitterscheidt]

I had forgotten this verse our elementary school music teacher would have us sing while she enthusiastically banged it out on the piano, that was the early 1960s. Now that I understand more of what John Brown did it brings a tear to my eye.

[@YouT00ber]

What a great speech, and Orson Welles gives it the weight it needs. 10/10, would free slaves again

[@susilemare198]

Thank you for this post and it is a shame it only has 150,000 views in 12 years and only 5,000 likes.

[@LukeCageforhire]

God Bless John Brown!

[@TheBeeFactory]

@Bob Rocks Comparing an abolitionist to a Jihadist terrorist? Nice one. Now, tell us how many Confederate flags you have on your truck, traitor.

[@epiclegodude123]

@Bob Rocks one sent planes into a commercial building and the other killed literal slave owners, you can’t see the difference?

[@komali2]

@@epiclegodude123 he was talking about Osama bin laden not George Bush

[@tubeguy4066]

He was an insurrectionist

[@dustinnukem5458]

@Bob Rocks But Afghanistan?

[@mixedgirlgoddess7935]

Great great man that should always be remembered

[@rickyj5547]

Behaviour like a bully and dictator and war criminal.

[@ironwolfF1]

If I had my way, there would be an aircraft carrier named after him.

[@mitchellmcdowell8546]

So moving...so well expressed. Magnificent.

[@wehaveasituation]

Except that he denies that he sought a slave uprising in his hapless raid on Harper's Ferry. This is categorically false, and it's typical for radicals who believe in By Any Means Necessary to feel that lying directly is okay because it's all in the cause. He was a murderer whose supposed devotion to black folks was really the patronizing of Rev Jim Jones, with whom he shared the same "burn it all down" rhetoric--and they both had communes filed with uneducated blacks.

[@paulsolon6229]

What a man Courage Conviction Follow through

[@Notnameworthy]

Love him or hate him, he was a man of integrity

[@rickyj5547]

So he killed in cold blood.

[@squancho1412]

@@rickyj5547 John Brown did no wrong. He didn't kill anyone. He was simply sending slavers home... to hell, where the basterds belong. :)

[@rickyj5547]

@IntrepidTit he beheaded people. Like Isls

[@rickyj5547]

He behaved like a 19 century version of isls

[@steveodavis9486]

He was a murderer in Kansas. Dogmatic in his beliefs. Narcissistic and delusional but committed to his beliefs.

[@whailingwhale6352]

He's gone to be a soldier in the army of the lord. And his soul. Goes marching On.

[@rickyj5547]

19 century lsis.the American version.

[@Werelight]

@@rickyj5547 Dude why would you say that?

[@eragonlindemann7236]

@@Werelight he was a dictionary definition terrorist.

[@brentbeacham9691]

His work was on Earth. He couldn’t help abolition after his death.

[@Werelight]

@@brentbeacham9691 It’s a line from the song haha

[@911chan]

RIP John. You set an example for any lover of freedom.

[@virginiaoflaherty2983]

Instead of fighting it out on this thread, why not seek out a biography of Brown, and accurate and truthful historical accounts. Those who lost the Civil War twisted the narrative to justify their treason (treason because they lost; had they won their war they would be victorious revolutionaries) and to diminish the just and KIND treatment they received after they lost. What inflamed the south after the war was not sadness at having lost, but the idea that the former slaves, who they had been taught to view as sub-human were given the same rights as all citizens under the Constitution of the United States with the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. The fact that they returned to the same political positions they held before the war so soon after the war, even with the same people in power, is one of the regrettable flaws of Reconstruction. The fact that almost 160 after the war white racists still maintain the same vicious ideas concerning race, and are still manipulated by the same powerful elites in their sections, is disheartening. The racial attitudes that led to the Civil War have flourished in all corners of the country, and so the comments you read on this thread and many others can have come from Maine or Idaho or Alabama or Pennsylvania. It is not just a southern thing it's a hatred thing.

[@lacedemonians]

Lee and Grant were two honorable men who sought reconciliation rather then vengeance. In those days, "racism" wasn't even a word. Before and after the Civil War, most white and black common people got along peacefully most of the time. Albeit, blacks naturally struggled for their Civil Rights to be respected. Racial attitudes were NOT the reason for the Civil War. Slavery was always incompatible with American founding principles. Thus, the English (1807) and Americans (1808) banned the slave trade. And since 1842, the Anglo-American navies cooperated in fighting the slave trade. But as usual, when $money is involved, principles are ignored. In the agricultural South, the $moneyed planters had the political power, and they moved the South towards secession, in a reasonable ambition to preserve autonomy, but in an unjust ambition to preserve slavery, and in a mad ambition to found an expansive confederate empire. Both Dems & Repubs play games to manipulate the masses. The Left media was looking for a "get out the black vote" social-political statement. The torturous murder of George Floyd was the infomercial they were looking for. That's the underlying reason for the riots in 2020. The white bogeyman that the Left loves to hate is a convenient straw man to be resurrected when needed.

[@TheKh65]

@@lacedemonians I find it interesting that your last paragraph only highlights the left's indiscretions and not the Republican's.

[@lacedemonians]

​@@TheKh65 - The Republicans like to pretend they are the "opposition" party. They complained that they couldn't get anything done when they were out of power. But when grassroots conservative groups got Republicans into power (i.e. the House, Senate, and Presidency), they did little but $spend just like the Democrats. Obviously, they really don't want the responsibility of power. Thanks to 3 trends, American conservatives (mostly older whites) are becoming a minority, and the Republican Party is becoming a permanent minority party: (1) today's youth never learned critical thinking skills and are instead manipulated/indoctrinated with expertly crafted propaganda via the schools and popular culture via the media; (2) mass migration from alien cultures with insufficient appreciation or understanding or assimilation or loyalty into American virtues, history, traditional culture, economy, society, and people; (3) mass election fraud (ballot harvesting, selective recounts, gerrymandering, DMV voter registration of illegal aliens). Most common Republican and Democrat politicians play along to get along, i.e. get their good deal while the getting is good. They represent the special interests that put them in power - NOT the voters. The Republican and Democrat parties just tell different lies to motivate their respective voters. The Democrat Party continues its power grab as per its vision of becoming the American version of the Chinese Communist Party. Both Democrats & Republicans seek to preserve a sense of normalcy. Politicians, bureaucrats, and businessmen look for personal exit strategies. Ideological Marxists have taken over American institutions. Marxist street gangs terrorize anyone not in line, i.e. American conservatives are targeted and squeezed. As the government expands to control the means of production, distribution, and resources, the fed/state bureaucracy wields arbitrary power as minor aristocracy. The deep state and its globalist patrons (whom Steve Bannon refers to as the "Party of Davos") wield power from the top. Communist (fascist) China expands its influence and threats to the entire world.

[@TheKh65]

@@lacedemonians I did not find much points that I disagree with in your last comments, except for the fact that you believe that people now are less informed than previous generations. I find that very hard to to believe considering the countless sources of information that is readily available online.

[@lacedemonians]

​@@TheKh65 - I don't believe that young people are less informed - just more expertly manipulated by malevolent interests.

[@johnwbh]

Address of John Brown to the Virginia Court at Charles Town, Virginia on November 2, 1859 I have, may it please the court, a few words to say. In the first place, I deny everything but what I have all along admitted, -- the design on my part to free slaves. I intended certainly to have made a clean thing of that matter, as I did last winter, when I went into Missouri and took slaves without the snapping of a gun on either side, moved them through the country, and finally left them in Canada. I designed to do the same thing again, on a larger scale. That was all I intended. I never did intend murder, or treason, or the destruction of property, or to excite or incite slaves to rebellion, or to make insurrection. I have another objection; and that is, it is unjust that I should suffer such a penalty. Had I interfered in the manner which I admit, and which I admit has been fairly proved (for I admire the truthfulness and candor of the greater portion of the witnesses who have testified in this case), -- had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends -- either father, mother, sister, wife, or children, or any of that class -- and suffered and sacrificed what I have in this interference, it would have been all right; and every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment. The court acknowledges, as I suppose, the validity of the law of God. I see a book kissed here which I suppose to be the Bible, or at least the New Testament. That teaches me that all things whatsoever I would that men should do to me, I should do even so to them. It teaches me further to "remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them." I endeavored to act up to that instruction. I say, I am too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons. I believe that to have interfered as I have done -- as I have always freely admitted I have done -- in behalf of His despied poor, was not 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 submit; so let it be done! Let me say one word further. I feel entirely satisfied with the treatment I have received on my trial. Considering all the circumstances, it has been more generous than I expected. I feel no consciousness of my guilt. I have stated from the first what was my intention, and what was not. I never had any design against the life of any person, nor any disposition to commit treason, or excite slaves to rebel, or make any general insurrection. I never encouraged any man to do so, but always discouraged any idea of any kind. Let me say also, a word in regard to the statements made by some to those conncected with me. I hear it has been said by some of them that I have induced them to join me. But the contrary is true. I do not say this to injure them, but as regretting their weakness. There is not one of them but joined me of his own accord, and the greater part of them at their own expense. A number of them I never saw, and never had a word of conversation with, till the day they came to me; and that was for the purpose I have stated. Now I have done.

[@douglaschankalian4057]

A true just, lawful (too a point) moral man. A martyr to admire

[@rrrtttyffgghhhj971]

His words were good even admirable ...his actions like those of the CONFEDEDERACY were not noble but immoral..Like our SCOTUS INQUISITION:THEY denied THE CONSTITUTIONAL limits of SEPARATION ofCHURCH & STATE! &INSURRECTION

[@Gizzardx0]

He was responsible for the murder of 5 people. Are you being serious? Guy was a fucking lunatic.

[@justinnamuco9096]

I think the murder part might bring up questions. Moral principles that led to abolitionism should remain.

[@douglaschankalian4057]

That's a very strong, valid point you have made their. I agree with your statement, there are moral principles and questions that need asked first of what is let us say "Justify Violence"? Do we kill or harm others for a greater good? It's a tough question with no real honest or good answers? Hopefully none of us in this day and age will ever find out? Being that said, I still believe that I would die for some great cause in the hope that it will change something for the betterment of all? But I should also be careful on what I wish for? We all should be? Excellent point

[@jameslindsay9553]

When you know the truth speaks to you within silently but most will choose not to follow it but few with the courage of the man to go against the grain that John Brown did even against his own race, even to the point of death.Now that is authenticity reserved for the courageous few but one that stands out to the future generations.

[@agrant5697]

Thank you sir!💛

[@charlessutherland274]

God have mercy on all those who seek to liberate their nation from tyrants!

[@toryhoerger2685]

Name a more righteous man

[@davidtomlinson2239]

John Brown's words and deeds reflect that he was a man who lived by Godliness and faith. I am very inspired by his example.

[@chuckrobinson599]

When did God condone theft, treason, and murder? Look up what Jefferson said about slavery. He's a lot smarter than the zealot.

[@davidtomlinson2239]

@@chuckrobinson599 Jefferson owned slaves, had SIX illegitimate children by Sally Hemmings, his slave ! Jefferson lived most of his life in debt. After his death most of his property had to be sold off to satisfy his debt ! Jefferson believed he was an arbitrator of truth ! So he went through the Bible and clipped out all the portions he said were wrongfully in God's word !

[@larryhaug71]

So Powerful !! Courage of conviction.

[@TheDynamicDudes]

he was born in my town and we celebrate John Browns words to no end, we sample him in our music, we post his pictures on signs, put his name on everything, John Brown has forever changed the culture of the place he came from, Torrington, Connecticut

[@mauriceparker4944]

We need more men like John brown

[@rickyj5547]

Why.

[@squancho1412]

@@rickyj5547 Because men like John keep white supremacists up at night. ;)

[@Voland1871]

@@rickyj5547 This land still bears many slaves.

[@rickyj5547]

@@Voland1871 wage slavery

[@Voland1871]

@@rickyj5547 Exactly, read my mind.

[@abrahambendavid.7474]

A real follower of Christ.

[@richmondraider716]

indeed

[@hiimryan2388]

This man is a more holy than a saint. His sould is marching on

[@MoltenStorm-bw3xx]

He’s gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord

[@Lymmar]

Amen brother.

[@iand4374]

I'm an atheist but I appreciate Christians like yourselves.

[@kamalindsey]

His truth is marching on.

[@akizulu6914]

The most Righteous Man to ever walk this land.

[@rickyj5547]

But he beheaded people. He committed crimes against humanity.

[@anghusmorgenholz1060]

I'm an atheist and I couldn't agree more.

[@MalcontentFlower]

Hol' up

[@Cbrownentertainment2]

God bless John Brown soul 🤎 Rest easy my brother 🙏🏾💯 thank you still today we appreciate your life and All ur sacrifices forever grateful 🥲

[@willstorm8331]

This should be broadcast at prime time all across the nation. For all those who refuse to understand that teaching history is vital. It may be that guilt is not the question as no one alive today can be blamed for yesterdays horrors. It is about moving forward and we only do so when we acknowledge the mistakes others made. Germany teaches about the holocaust while Japan barely teaches about any of the human cost of barbarity towards others. For all those who would take the ostrich path the world around us is the poorer and more divided for it and for that shame should be attached. All people are created equal and its everyone's obligation to insure that each and everyone shares in that equality.

[@wehaveasituation]

But his raid on Harper's Ferry didn't free any slaves--there weren't any there in the first place, and the ones from nearby farms did not jump up and join the insurrection as he'd planned in his fanatical delusion when planning the farcical stunt. He led his deluded followers straight into death--and notice that he offers no apology at all in his weaselly and narcissistic swill. Notice too that he seems oblivious to the fact that slavery is much worse in other parts of the world. Would he be willing to stage a blundering assault on a Brazilian government fort--or is he such a patriot that only America matters to him? He was really more like Rev Jim Jones, a race-hustling grifter who was also a total radical lunatic--each with a commune of uneducated blacks.

[@studedude56]

So grateful for you John Brown! You are a HERO and a martyr

[@uhuru1713]

A great Godly brave man..they need to make a film about him..wish there were more like him nowadays.

[@geoffreychaney7287]

Ethan Hawke

[@pizzafrenzyman]

Slavery in any form is disgusting. Every person should live a free life, including freedom from governmental tyranny. Governments are not special, but that the life of an individual is infinitely more special.

[@gearoiddom]

I subscribe in full.

[@eduardocarrochio6326]

i'd like to see some artists make new pictures depicting brown accurately without the beard during the raid and at the trial

[@wrybreadspread]

A patriarchal voice. A voice that looms like a granite wall. A voice that evokes history.

[@normanzimmerman5029]

Brilliant. Never knew Brown so well thought. And a patriot. A latter day Nathan Hale. Thank you

[@clappzzz]

Actually, he WAS trying to incite a rebellion: he wasn't grabbing a federal arsenal to facilitate a peaceful transfer of slaves to Canada! So he was morally right but he had to bust some serious federal laws--and had to pay the price. That's what martyrdom is.

[@vonschlesien]

Oh yeah, he was absolutely lying through his teeth here on the factual bits at the beginning. The latter part is still striking and sincere.

[@clappzzz]

@@vonschlesien Agreed. I just had to note he wasn't quite Mahatma Ghandi!

[@clappzzz]

@@vonschlesien He was a strange character. I see some of his fervor in the current "pro-life" movement, though good old Kansas surprised us with their referendum on that issue.

[@nerglersstuff8890]

It never ceases to amaze me that for lasting change to happen, good men and women *have* to die. No ideal can survive the living it seems.

[@Hates-handle]

That's fanatic, people dont have to die

[@Gizzardx0]

Aer you the next Hitler or what? You have to realize how psychotic you sound.

[@pbjsilverstudio4882]

This brought me to tears. Would that all people live this true. ❤️🙏🏼

[@imcosama]

That wasn't the whole speech but thankyou!

[@Yoseman1]

Ironically, John Brown is the only other person I can think of in history who looked a little bit like Abraham Lincoln. They look like they could've been brothers in some photos.

[@aquarian-talk]

Bless his spirit.

[@tomace7924]

They should tear down every damn “Confederate” statue and build statues of John Brown in their place.

[@davidanthony4845]

' Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins. '

[@cojaysea]

That man had conviction.

[@joey6058]

He was the voice of Unicron I. The 80s transformers movie, right? Such a booming voice.

[@RIP_Greedo]

This speech has long been known for its excellence

[@thEannoyingE]

It’s vintage dated.

[@johnnywilliams7488]

John Brown may , My Holy Father Yahweh remember the work of your hands, may God bless and rest your blesses Soul, Hebrew ,Johnny B WILLIAMS

[@joedefilippo8908]

His soul is marching on! New John Brown tribute soundcloud.com/hillipsand/glory-glory-john-brown-tribute

[@TiagoNYC]

Real Hebrews don’t write like you. We do not pronounce HaShem’s name.

[@squancho1412]

@@TiagoNYC I'm sure Shaddai doesn't mind. Lol

[@Konoronn]

Why do American Christians say 'Yahweh'? It's really weird.

[@gordonbartlett1921]

@@Konoronn Yahweh was the personal - and forbidden -- name of the main(but not sole) Israelite deity. It later morphed into the generic "God."

[@ForumArcade]

There is no justice in the world. Only what people want and the lengths to which they're willing to go to achieve it.

[@outdoorlife5396]

He was made to be a crazy man. Truth is, he brought on the Civil War than anything else. He was right though, had he been helping the rich it would have been alright. That said, he might have been more of a hero had he helped with the underground railroad and attacked the slave trackers down. Just a thought

[@Borderose]

He was. John ran some of the "stations" on the railroad and gave militia protection en route. Brown, Douglass, and Tubman all knew and worked with each other to some capacity. The modus operandi was to hide and escort the freed/escaped slaves all the way to Canada. Tubman even _tried_ to help Brown get more men for his raid, but I heard she got sick at a bad time and was too late to do anything for him because of it.

[@brianbooth679]

John Brown is a hero. Rip.

[@alexanderjakubsen2198]

A man out of time. A hero.

[@mineown1861]

The perfect voice for a perfect speech , the good taken by some from the bible outweighs the evil taken by others from the same book.

[@greatmcluhansghost7134]

I have a great-great uncle who was captured at Harper's Ferry. And John Brown's son Owen is buried in Pasadena, CA.

[@abrahambendavid.7474]

God bless John Brown forever!

[@LOOSEbowelz]

"There's nothing civil about war"-Axl Rose 🌹

[@TheOnlyHollywood1]

It's, "What's so civil about war anyway?"

[@OrochiFlamez]

John Brown is probably the most based man in human history.

[@dennismiddlebrooks7027]

Are you saying he was a base man, meaning an evil one? If so, why? Because he was opposed to slavery and took action to free as many slaves as he could?

[@johnaugsburger6192]

Thanks

[@hippieal]

An underrated real American hero!

[@anotherarmchairhistorian2831]

He's in no way underrated! By some historians he's credited with igniting the spark that led to the civil war being started. His hanging at the time was a huge deal. A very huge deal. He's in no way underrated! If he's not being taught in school then that for sure is a travesty!

[@JD0124]

I had thought the line about, ".... the sins of this nation can only be cleansed by blood...." (paraphrased) was part of his sentencing address. Perhaps, he said that at an earlier time - or were they his last words?

[@ColonelGreen]

He said that in his speech on the way to being hanged, not at his sentencing.

[@oscargrouch7962]

Amazing! John Brown's voice sounds exactly like Frederick Douglass' voice.

[@theeyehead3437]

idk if you already know this, but they were actually friends in real life. John Brown stayed in Frederick Douglass' house for a while and tried to recruit him (and others) for the raid on Harpers Ferry.

[@clydedenby1436]

This is his speech, as read by Orson Welles.

[@IRISHguitarist777]

Guy looks the image of the dude on the front of my Kansas album.

[@willkis]

Same guy. One of the paintings depicting him as a crazy fanatic. Good pick up!

[@mikedaviot9979]

This is playing at the wrong speed. The other version posted here is much better.

[@thoroughbred-hp4ms]

John brown " bleeding Kansas " and Harpers ferry in OCTOBER, 1859.

[@jimmywesley786]

Hero.. RIP

[@716monk]

John Brown stood, ten toes on business and took action with both hands

[@charliebrown6590]

He knew one day he would be vindicated…..Damn that’s powerful…

[@user-nj1zu2nf1x]

there's no audio

[@osedebame3522]

A country that claims to hold all as equal and holds millions as slaves would turn anyone crazy. John Brown was a good man, born into a slaver's country. He and millions did their best to fix it, and without them I wouldn't be free today.

[@AnnaLVajda]

Well since he was white they would insist he was racist now.

[@_ZimZam]

Legendary

[@SpacemanXC]

Giga chad mad lad. John Brown.

[@hal900x]

Really ponder what this man was. If we were living in, for example, Nazi Germany, most of us would have just kept our heads down. We would have gone to our little jobs as we had always done, out of complacency, fear, or just being a product of the time. It is an incredibly rare person to put not just your life on the line, but to suffer misery, torment and ridicule right up until your unpleasant death. John Brown was such an anomaly, a man so passionately disgusted by slavery that he became that one in millions. It is a stunningly powerful example.

[@raymonddeflaviis2306]

For a more balanced view, check out Robert McGlone 's book on Brown.

[@Peasham]

​@@raymonddeflaviis2306If by "balanced" we mean "fraudulent", obviously.

[@Gorilla_Jones]

Godspeed John Brown.

[@johndormer9297]

Had had the highest courage a man can process.

[@Gizzardx0]

I do agree, it would take a lot of courage to go serial killing.

[@swfamaliywelch2177]

My hero

[@xavierhenriques1116]

Rest in Power, King!

[@woopty8878]

He was the real O.G. took both of his sons to the battle... thats cold!!!

[@alexsdemkin]

Based and Wells-pilled

[@bonanzatime]

John Brown was ahead of his time. He was ahead of present time. .. He was too good for this earth.

[@Gizzardx0]

Ok I'm going to go murder some people. Thanks for the advice!