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ONE HUNDRED FIFTY YEARS AGO, ON OCTOBER 16,
1859, A BAND OF 21 ARMED BLACK AND WHITE MEN,
LED BY ABOLITIONIST JOHN BROWN, ATTACKED
THE FEDERAL ARMORY IN HARPERS FERRY
VIRGINIA, INTENDING TO CAPTURE WEAPONS TO
CARRY OUT A WAR AGAINST SLAVERY. THEY
CAPTURED THE TOWN UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER
WHEN A FORCE OF U.S. MARINES LED BY COLONEL
ROBERT E. LEE CAPTURED THE FORT HELD BY
THE REBELS. JOHN BROWN WAS HANGED ON
DECEMBER 2, 1859, AND HIS LAST WORDS….
“I, JOHN BROWN, AM NOW QUITE CERTAIN THAT
THE CRIMES OF THIS GUILTY LAND WILL NEVER
BE PURGED AWAY BUT WITH BLOOD."
….FORESHADOWED THE VIOLENCE OF THE
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, WHICH BROKE OUT 18
MONTHS LATER.
THIS PAST THURSDAY, IN NEWARK, THE PEOPLE’S
ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS INVITED PR.
WILLIAM SALES, FROM SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
TO SPEAK ON THE OCCASION OF THE
ANNIVERSARY ABOUT THE LEGACY OF JOHN B
ROWN. WBAI FRED NGUYEN WAS THERE AND
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