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America's First Terrorist or National Hero?

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Situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, Harpers Ferry is the site of legendary abolitionist John Brown's historic raid on the US armory in 1859.
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@drmarshall9568
@drmarshall9568 7 жыл бұрын
John Brown is a hero who devoted his life to ending the institution of slavery
@Sa33d215
@Sa33d215 7 жыл бұрын
Jay P do you own a Confederate flag?
@drmarshall9568
@drmarshall9568 7 жыл бұрын
No, why would I?
@W.Stryker
@W.Stryker 7 жыл бұрын
Saeed Bodair owning a confederate flag isn't a crime
@acdragonrider
@acdragonrider 4 жыл бұрын
Through violence and bloodshed.
@johnnychaos152
@johnnychaos152 4 жыл бұрын
Yet the very first person Browns men killed at Harper's Ferry was a black man...
@menacethedj
@menacethedj 6 жыл бұрын
john brown is the greatest American ever
@acdragonrider
@acdragonrider 4 жыл бұрын
Violence breeds violence. Two wrongs do not make a right.
@elchoppa2346
@elchoppa2346 4 жыл бұрын
@@acdragonrider well being objective here the if the golden rule is to treat others how you want to be treated where does that cross the line because some wanted something like this to happen while others did not.
@CharifRocka
@CharifRocka 4 жыл бұрын
@@acdragonrider What would your nonviolent solution have been to stop the evil of slavery?
@tikiprod11
@tikiprod11 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@cxarhomell5867
@cxarhomell5867 3 жыл бұрын
@@CharifRocka Defend my homeland against offensive attacks
@scorpionx7044
@scorpionx7044 4 жыл бұрын
Tear down all those statues of Robert E Lee and Jefferson Davis and replace them with ones of JOHN BROWN.
@Matthew-um3dz
@Matthew-um3dz 4 жыл бұрын
My history teacher made me listen to this I’m crying
@juliobeskating694
@juliobeskating694 4 жыл бұрын
Matthew I’m here because quarantine made me do it
@waeltrrrr
@waeltrrrr 4 жыл бұрын
I’m here cause my social studies teacher is making me do a persuasive paper 😑🔫
@annemarie7471
@annemarie7471 3 жыл бұрын
Hey, I’m here during class bcs my social studies teacher told us to watch it
@elmerbanegas4807
@elmerbanegas4807 3 жыл бұрын
mine to
@fannfann3490
@fannfann3490 3 жыл бұрын
@@juliobeskating694 lol I’m also watching this class
@ZeitgeistGaming69
@ZeitgeistGaming69 4 жыл бұрын
Anyone that fights for the freedom of innocent people is a hero.
@cxarhomell5867
@cxarhomell5867 3 жыл бұрын
Well if they go overboard and massacre people that turns into a devil.
@theservius2913
@theservius2913 3 жыл бұрын
Two wrongs do not make a right. A terrorist is what he is and the innocents hes killed. Not much of a hero
@RealShrigmaMale
@RealShrigmaMale 3 жыл бұрын
@@cxarhomell5867 fake news
@cxarhomell5867
@cxarhomell5867 3 жыл бұрын
@@RealShrigmaMale True news kiddo
@RealShrigmaMale
@RealShrigmaMale 3 жыл бұрын
@@cxarhomell5867 probably not
@raider8sox
@raider8sox 7 жыл бұрын
These are the type of Americans who we should keep statues of! John Brown is a true American Hero!
@firstnamelastname6926
@firstnamelastname6926 5 жыл бұрын
Bitch he a ho!
@Nerodontgivefuck
@Nerodontgivefuck 5 жыл бұрын
@@firstnamelastname6926 like ya mama
@firstnamelastname6926
@firstnamelastname6926 5 жыл бұрын
@@Nerodontgivefuck You mean yo mama?
@GAZAMAN93X
@GAZAMAN93X 4 жыл бұрын
@@firstnamelastname6926 ho? How so?
@acdragonrider
@acdragonrider 4 жыл бұрын
He’s a warmonger. Slavery should have been handled peacefully.
@sionnachmacbradaigh1010
@sionnachmacbradaigh1010 4 жыл бұрын
John Brown deserves more monuments. Perhaps we can place new John Brown statues where the Confederate one are being removed.
@internationalrtg5602
@internationalrtg5602 3 жыл бұрын
I think every Southern state should be forced to rename its schools and public buildings after John Brown, Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln etc
@jesuschrist9513
@jesuschrist9513 3 жыл бұрын
@@internationalrtg5602 cringe
@RealShrigmaMale
@RealShrigmaMale 3 жыл бұрын
@@jesuschrist9513 how is that cringe?
@tyrian_baal
@tyrian_baal 3 жыл бұрын
Why should we put a traitor's statue up? :)
@RealShrigmaMale
@RealShrigmaMale 3 жыл бұрын
@@tyrian_baal How is John Brown a traitor?
@Cherry-wn2ye
@Cherry-wn2ye 5 жыл бұрын
i mean he is by definition a terrorist, he committed acts of violence for political reasons, but i have to agree what he did was right. slavery is a terrible thing and he should've went to the lengths he did to stop it
@acdragonrider
@acdragonrider 4 жыл бұрын
Millions of deaths to end slavery. Inciting enmity and hatred. I am sorry but nothing should be solved through violence
@jayjaywon
@jayjaywon 4 жыл бұрын
@AC He said that "nothing SHOULD be solved through violence," not "everything CAN be solved without violence". The leaders of the regimes in europe were led by warmongering psychopaths who had no regard for human life, including for their own citizens. They were more than willing to resort to violence when it came to a disagreement in geopolitical matters. The only reason why they just didn't declare war on everyone was because they knew they would lose if that happened. Trying to solve that through diplomatic means would only result in them declaring war faster. You can't compare a political process to that of a authoritarian regime.
@1itemorless
@1itemorless 4 жыл бұрын
@@acdragonrider you do realize that since the beginning of the union people were trying to vote out slavery, if anything he helped save countless lives from slavery.
@cxarhomell5867
@cxarhomell5867 3 жыл бұрын
@@1itemorless And he caused many of his own troops to die due to his faulty tactics.
@1itemorless
@1itemorless 3 жыл бұрын
@@cxarhomell5867 so did washington
@robertrichardson7925
@robertrichardson7925 4 жыл бұрын
Terrorists??? The title got me laughing not to cry. Pilgrams were America's first terrorist. This man was GOD walking Earth
@CharifRocka
@CharifRocka 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@cxarhomell5867
@cxarhomell5867 3 жыл бұрын
And died while trying to stop slavery.
@STM1066
@STM1066 3 жыл бұрын
The pilgrims and their descendants made America great
@Eagle-pg7bx
@Eagle-pg7bx 2 жыл бұрын
@John Wiesmer They enslaved and murdered people you colonizer
@bobfaam5215
@bobfaam5215 Жыл бұрын
Yes John Brown , his sons and supporters slaug:htered 5 pro slavery White men with swords 😂😂 They deserved it
@zealousprogrammer4539
@zealousprogrammer4539 2 жыл бұрын
I am a Haitian descendant of the first free republic my country set the corner stone for all free blacks around the world, I admire this man and I would put my life down today to fight and preserve my inherit freedom and liberty if some try to enslave me! This man is a Hero!
@drmarshall9568
@drmarshall9568 7 жыл бұрын
Who calls a guy who is willing to die to end slavery a "terrorist"? Hmm?
@premiersmith9317
@premiersmith9317 7 жыл бұрын
Jay P the croooked ass racist government back then, get realistic your a fucking idiot dude.
@avalsonline2
@avalsonline2 6 жыл бұрын
racists
@jayjaywon
@jayjaywon 4 жыл бұрын
While his message and goals did have good intentions, his means of acting were through violence and bloodshed. Lives didn't have to be taken away from both sides that day. It was their actions alone that led to the deaths of those civilians.
@gjs9871
@gjs9871 4 жыл бұрын
@@jayjaywon someone who tried to steal a federal arsenal to start a war.
@Bushdid-hx1zc
@Bushdid-hx1zc 4 жыл бұрын
He is literally by textbook definition a terrorist just because you think something is justified does not justify terrorism some people agree with Tim Macveigh and think he was a hero who fought against and evil and tyrannical government but does that mean he isnt a terrorist? No What is Terrorism (by definition)? “the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.” THATS EXACTLY WHAT BROWN DID KILLED A BUNCH OF PEOPLE FOR POLITICAL REASONS HE IS BY ALL DEFINITIONS A TERRORIST
@ShonTolliverMusic
@ShonTolliverMusic 4 жыл бұрын
I went to an HBCU and did very well in secondary school yet I did not learn anything about John Brown until age 35 at the NMAACH. RIP John Brown
@GirumNew5691
@GirumNew5691 3 жыл бұрын
POV: your history teacher making you watch this for an assignment
@jackcarlson5313
@jackcarlson5313 3 жыл бұрын
As someone who grew up in Kansas on the Eastern border with Missouri, John Brown will always be a national hero to me.
@WichitaChiefSam
@WichitaChiefSam 3 жыл бұрын
Happy 221st Birthday, John Brown! You are one of the greatest Americans to ever live!
@thomasbunner5214
@thomasbunner5214 2 жыл бұрын
A bloody handed murderer.
@XLuftWaffleX
@XLuftWaffleX 9 жыл бұрын
True hero!
@Trey_816
@Trey_816 2 жыл бұрын
Greatest national hero ever. John Brown was my kind of crazy! If I were there, I'd join him! "They hanged him as a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew. But his soul goes marching on!"
@bobfaam5215
@bobfaam5215 Жыл бұрын
Yes John Brown , his sons and supporters slaug:htered 5 pro slavery White men with swords 😂😂 They deserved it
@theresakaram9719
@theresakaram9719 6 жыл бұрын
I thought it was just john brown and his five sons.
@nurlatifahmohdnor8939
@nurlatifahmohdnor8939 Жыл бұрын
Page 167 But when Allen arrived outside the city, Brown and his men failed to appear.
@nurlatifahmohdnor8939
@nurlatifahmohdnor8939 Жыл бұрын
Page 167 Allen was born in the frontier settlement of Litchfield, Connecticut, on January 10, 1737 or 1738.
@matthewkoob9453
@matthewkoob9453 3 жыл бұрын
This story does great injustice to the legacy of the hero John Brown. He was truly the Greatest American.
@zacharyking900
@zacharyking900 2 жыл бұрын
By what? Telling the truth?
@DolphinaLF
@DolphinaLF 3 жыл бұрын
I am currently *POGGING*
@GloriaRodriguez-vy1gk
@GloriaRodriguez-vy1gk 9 жыл бұрын
HERO
@maddie7444
@maddie7444 7 жыл бұрын
John Brown, R.I.P ,19th century Spartacus.
@moritamikamikara3879
@moritamikamikara3879 Жыл бұрын
John Brown's body lies a 'mouldering in the grave John Brown's body lies a 'mouldering in the grave John Brown's body lies a 'mouldering in the grave HIS SOUL IS MARCHING ON!!! The stars above in heaven, now are looking kindly down The stars above in heaven, now are looking kindly down The stars above in heaven, now are looking kindly down ON THE GRAVE OF OL' JOHN BROOOOOOWN!! GLOOOOORY GLORY HALLEILUJAH!!! GLOOOOORY GLORY HALLEILUJAH!!! GLOOOOORY GLORY HALLEILUJAH!!! HIS SOUL GOES MARCHING ON!!! And as Christ died to make men holy, WE SHALL DIE TO MAKE THEM FREE!!!
@MO-dg4wr
@MO-dg4wr 4 жыл бұрын
I thought John Brown was mixed ....
@quisqueyanguy120
@quisqueyanguy120 4 жыл бұрын
He was white.
@ErykN_
@ErykN_ 3 жыл бұрын
who else is here from school lol
@froggychair11
@froggychair11 3 жыл бұрын
Me lol
@MESSI-fx1ob
@MESSI-fx1ob 4 жыл бұрын
He’s a hero
@acdragonrider
@acdragonrider 4 жыл бұрын
He’s a warmonger
@cxarhomell5867
@cxarhomell5867 3 жыл бұрын
Nope, he was entirely idiotic during his last campaigns.
@RealShrigmaMale
@RealShrigmaMale 3 жыл бұрын
@@cxarhomell5867 still a hero
@cxarhomell5867
@cxarhomell5867 3 жыл бұрын
@@RealShrigmaMale Nope, a criminal.
@EchoTravelsUSA
@EchoTravelsUSA 2 жыл бұрын
@@cxarhomell5867 one of the greatest heroes the USA has ever produced
@RetroHabit82
@RetroHabit82 4 жыл бұрын
John Brown was a BOSS!
@cbreeze864
@cbreeze864 3 жыл бұрын
The greatest American to ever live. They should build statues to honor his memory.
@GeeJayO1022
@GeeJayO1022 2 жыл бұрын
150 years well ahead of his time although he did not succeed he became an inspiration
@maddie7444
@maddie7444 7 жыл бұрын
No terrorist, freed people from the thr oppressors.
@Bushdid-hx1zc
@Bushdid-hx1zc 4 жыл бұрын
maddie 74 Tony Firenze Your right about 9/11 but the TEXTBOOK DEFINITION of terrorism is “the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.” Even id someone is “racist” that doesnt make it right John Brown may have been fighting for a good cause but that does not excuse murdering civillians he decided to commit terrorism because he believed he was fighting for a good cause I mean Timmothy Macveigh thought he was fighting for a good cause he believed the federal government was corrupt and evil he was getting revenge for killing innocents at Ruby Ridge and Waco he truly believed he was right and thought his actions were neccesary Tim Macveigh was a right wing extremist what they did Brown and Macveigh were both Textbook Terrorism and just because you agree with one more than the other doesnt make a diffrence they were terrorists John Brown is by definition a terrorist and if you reply to this comment with “Yeah well John Brown believed in a good cause” maybe he did but what he did was still terrorism and there is no excuse for terrorism no matter what the motive believe it or not there are some nutjobs who think Tim Macveigh was a “hero” and just because someone was fighting for a better cause doesnt make his actions right
@bacoleone5756
@bacoleone5756 5 жыл бұрын
Long live Jonh Brown!!!
@ja_lilly1393
@ja_lilly1393 3 жыл бұрын
who’s here cuz of school
@vurse_5172
@vurse_5172 4 жыл бұрын
my man john brown is epic
@MxnRainmaker
@MxnRainmaker 11 жыл бұрын
My hero for sure
@joss1000
@joss1000 5 жыл бұрын
Great American abolitionist. Fought for what he determinedly knew was right.
@bobfaam5215
@bobfaam5215 Жыл бұрын
Yes John Brown , his sons and supporters slaug:htered 5 pro slavery White men with swords 😂😂 They deserved it
@randygreenfield4312
@randygreenfield4312 4 жыл бұрын
John Brown ✊🏾
@bobfaam5215
@bobfaam5215 Жыл бұрын
Yes John Brown , his sons and supporters slaug:htered 5 pro slavery White men with swords 😂😂 They deserved it
@jacobpetriccione3413
@jacobpetriccione3413 3 жыл бұрын
Yassss queen😏😏😝😝
@ironstrikerking4591
@ironstrikerking4591 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@monimoniiii
@monimoniiii 4 жыл бұрын
poggers
@Sa33d215
@Sa33d215 7 жыл бұрын
Jay P do you own a Confederate flag?
@seanmilko7158
@seanmilko7158 5 жыл бұрын
Hero
@simonmasters6297
@simonmasters6297 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh
@Earth098
@Earth098 11 жыл бұрын
Nature's most stupendous views"?? I think Jefferson was stupid.
@ianlecroy7149
@ianlecroy7149 8 жыл бұрын
Hero.
@Framer_Mike
@Framer_Mike 7 жыл бұрын
🦂🐸☻☻☻☻☻🦂🐸
@bellaluvskanao
@bellaluvskanao Жыл бұрын
Hes a real one fr
@Dallasboy214
@Dallasboy214 Жыл бұрын
National Hero and Treasure
@talivato
@talivato Жыл бұрын
John Brown lives!
@acdragonrider
@acdragonrider 4 жыл бұрын
My heroes are Henry Clay, the great compromiser and Abraham Lincoln, who endeavored to end slavery through legal and legislative means. And who encouraged reconciliation after the war.
@quisqueyanguy120
@quisqueyanguy120 4 жыл бұрын
You are a coward. Slavery could only be ended by legislative means while the entire american nation was at war with each other.
@jackcarlson5313
@jackcarlson5313 3 жыл бұрын
Reconciliation should have never happened. We should have just left the South to rot for its treasons deeds. We should have made more brutal punishments for the Southerners. Because we decide to reconcile with the South (which basically just a slap on the wrist) , the South didn't learn anything from the Civil War. 90% of Modern America's race problems come from Southern Culture, which is just as bigoted and hatefully as it was 150 years ago.
@bobfaam5215
@bobfaam5215 Жыл бұрын
@@jackcarlson5313 Yes John Brown , his sons and supporters slaug:htered 5 pro slavery White men with swords 😂😂 They deserved it
@bobfaam5215
@bobfaam5215 Жыл бұрын
Yes John Brown , his sons and supporters slaug:htered 5 pro slavery White men with swords 😂😂 They deserved it
@vadarman9906
@vadarman9906 Жыл бұрын
National Hero, next question
@hydrotv9638
@hydrotv9638 3 жыл бұрын
He’s not a hero !
@RealShrigmaMale
@RealShrigmaMale 3 жыл бұрын
Confederate cringe 🤡
@hydrotv9638
@hydrotv9638 3 жыл бұрын
@@RealShrigmaMale do u realise I was joking ?
@hydrotv9638
@hydrotv9638 3 жыл бұрын
@@RealShrigmaMale I like trump and I luhv wat that man did
@RealShrigmaMale
@RealShrigmaMale 3 жыл бұрын
@@hydrotv9638 bro trump let 500,000 Americans die of Covid
@hydrotv9638
@hydrotv9638 3 жыл бұрын
@@RealShrigmaMale Biden did the same when he got into office did yew not see he said he had a plan then he came out saying he didn’t ?
@magneto44
@magneto44 4 жыл бұрын
only American historical figure deserving of a statue
@acdragonrider
@acdragonrider 4 жыл бұрын
He was a warmonger. Conflict should never be handled through violence
@bobfaam5215
@bobfaam5215 Жыл бұрын
Yes John Brown , his sons and supporters slaug:htered 5 pro slavery White men with swords 😂😂 They deserved it
@The_Unrepentant_McClellanite
@The_Unrepentant_McClellanite 4 жыл бұрын
Definietly a terrorist, even though his cause was good, slavery did not need to be purged away with blood.
@WhenInDarknessSeekTheLight
@WhenInDarknessSeekTheLight 4 жыл бұрын
Than it wouldn't have went away, such unjust institutions never do unless moral people do something about it.
@magneto44
@magneto44 4 жыл бұрын
of course it did, you don’t negotiate with Nazis
@cxarhomell5867
@cxarhomell5867 3 жыл бұрын
@@magneto44 what
@Gallo718
@Gallo718 11 жыл бұрын
hero!!
@premiersmith9317
@premiersmith9317 7 жыл бұрын
Jay P get a fucking job or a life jesus
@jjiot82
@jjiot82 7 жыл бұрын
funny how you reply in every comment in this video...
@lionlion1857
@lionlion1857 6 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha
@Bushdid-hx1zc
@Bushdid-hx1zc 4 жыл бұрын
He is literally by textbook definition a terrorist just because you think something is justified does not justify terrorism some people agree with Tim Macveigh and think he was a hero who fought against and evil and tyrannical government but does that mean he isnt a terrorist? No What is Terrorism (by definition)? “the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.” THATS EXACTLY WHAT BROWN DID KILLED A BUNCH OF PEOPLE FOR POLITICAL REASONS HE IS BY ALL DEFINITIONS A TERRORIST
@The_Mother_of_Skrother
@The_Mother_of_Skrother 8 жыл бұрын
He was a terrorist and I think was not punished enough for what he had done
@tonybarde2572
@tonybarde2572 7 жыл бұрын
Fuck you
@The_Mother_of_Skrother
@The_Mother_of_Skrother 7 жыл бұрын
What's with the foul language
@acdragonrider
@acdragonrider 4 жыл бұрын
Commando JZ He obviously wasn’t taught to use his words and to be civil with his fellow human beings
@spacepirate4623
@spacepirate4623 4 жыл бұрын
@@acdragonrider well said because slavery is cool
@Bushdid-hx1zc
@Bushdid-hx1zc 4 жыл бұрын
sauce loop He is literally by textbook definition a terrorist just because you think something is justified does not justify terrorism some people agree with Tim Macveigh and think he was a hero who fought against and evil and tyrannical government but does that mean he isnt a terrorist? No What is Terrorism (by definition)? “the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.” THATS EXACTLY WHAT BROWN DID KILLED A BUNCH OF PEOPLE FOR POLITICAL REASONS HE IS BY ALL DEFINITIONS A TERRORIST
@Earth098
@Earth098 11 жыл бұрын
HERO!!
@thecoma2394
@thecoma2394 3 жыл бұрын
based
@jameshardin4895
@jameshardin4895 5 жыл бұрын
reply: to the Ironically the first man to die, a free black man... it's Gods way of sending a message... and impossible to understand... the reason... or should I say the Mind of God...
@alexamerling79
@alexamerling79 2 жыл бұрын
National Hero.
@sunofuniversedaud3561
@sunofuniversedaud3561 4 жыл бұрын
John Brown earned the right to be in America he fought to help free the indigenous Americans indigenous is synonymous with Indians and the continent indigenous Americans are the so called blacks, African Americans that were already here. Helped free the indigenous Americans from corporations and corporations policies
@evangarrison6313
@evangarrison6313 4 жыл бұрын
hero
@mrerick0363652
@mrerick0363652 3 жыл бұрын
GREATEST AMERICAN HERO...
@bookwormsurfer
@bookwormsurfer 4 жыл бұрын
HERO
@RonMexico7
@RonMexico7 7 жыл бұрын
Hero
@RealShrigmaMale
@RealShrigmaMale 3 жыл бұрын
Hero.
@tylergunn3555
@tylergunn3555 2 жыл бұрын
Hero
@xfam2010
@xfam2010 4 жыл бұрын
HERO
@projectredmenace4742
@projectredmenace4742 2 жыл бұрын
Hero
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