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"I STRONGLY encourage you to read the Osprey raid book on Harper's Ferry. It really enlightened my knowledge of John Brown." Does it mention that the very first person that his gang murdered was a free black man that worked for the RR as a signalman and they killed him to keep him from giving out a warning? |
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| VOTING RESULTS | |||
| Answer | Votes | % | Chart |
all of these words | 6 | 7% |  |
|---|---|---|---|
none of these/no opinion | 0 | 0% | |
not my genre | 2 | 2% | |
this is ridiculous | 5 | 6% | |
zealot | 21 | 24% | |
extremist | 9 | 10% | |
fanatic | 7 | 8% | |
terrorist | 17 | 19% | |
abolitionist | 21 | 24% | |
not my cup of tea | 1 | 1% | |
| POLL IS CLOSED |
| POLL DESCRIPTION | |
Brown was convicted and executed for incitement of a slave rebellion and his raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859. What single word best describes him? Poll set up by |
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