@PugJesusM to A Comm for HistorymemesEnglish • 4 months agoWhat real history looks likeimagemessage-square5arrow-up1261arrow-down17cross-posted to: shermanposting
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minus-square@TwoBeeSanlinkEnglish4•4 months ago“I could live for the slave. John Brown could die for him.” - Frederick Douglass
minus-square@OlinOfTheHillPeoplelinkEnglish4•4 months agoThis is random, but I just finished Frederick Douglass’ autobiography and I can’t recommend it highly enough! Besides being an important work of history, it’s extremely readable and accessible - especially for a book written in 1845!
We need more statues of John Brown
John Brown did nothing wrong.
“I could live for the slave. John Brown could die for him.” - Frederick Douglass
This is random, but I just finished Frederick Douglass’ autobiography and I can’t recommend it highly enough!
Besides being an important work of history, it’s extremely readable and accessible - especially for a book written in 1845!