@rdeets@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoFlorida's new Black history curriculum says "slaves developed skills" that could be used for "personal benefit"www.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1563cross-posted to: conservative@lemmy.worldflorida@lemmy.worldpolitics@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldnews_us@lemmy.link
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minus-squareFaelNumlinkfedilink15•edit-21 year agoSeems like a good skill to have in the back pocket even today.
minus-square@revelrous@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink9•edit-21 year agoJohn Brown did nothing wrong. (except maybe a bit tactically at the end.)
minus-squareFaelNumlinkfedilink5•edit-21 year agoHad not heard of him. Turns out to be a worthy research hole to fall into for others wondering.
minus-square@revelrous@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink4•1 year agoI’d also recommend a recentish book about him and Lincoln called The Zealot and the Emancipator in case anyone wants some light reading. The politics around Bleeding Kansas feels relevant to the US today.
Seems like a good skill to have in the back pocket even today.
Timeless skills really.
John Brown did nothing wrong. (except maybe a bit tactically at the end.)
Had not heard of him. Turns out to be a worthy research hole to fall into for others wondering.
I’d also recommend a recentish book about him and Lincoln called The Zealot and the Emancipator in case anyone wants some light reading. The politics around Bleeding Kansas feels relevant to the US today.