• @Technus@lemmy.zip
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    209 months ago

    John Brown needed reinforcements more than weapons, tbh. He had almost 200 Sharps carbines on hand prior to the raid.

    Having vastly superior weapons might have helped with his recruiting efforts though.

  • @CarbonIceDragon
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    69 months ago

    So basically a reversed version of “The guns of the South”?

    • @Not_mikey@lemmy.world
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      179 months ago

      John brown was a violent abolitionist before the civil war. He led the raid on a military base called Harper’s ferry to get guns to trigger a slave revolt. Maybe with some kalishnikovs (ak-47) they might have been able to succeed.