Tony and Jeremy sit down with Alex Z (Southern Catholic Worker) to talk about John Brown's early life, along with his trials and tribulations as a worker, father, and husband. This episode takes us all the way up to the period before he begins planning for the raid on Harper's Ferry (which means many skirmishes with and some broadsword swinging on pro-slavery dorks).

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Sources:

John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded CIvil Rights by David S. Reynolds

Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War by Tony Horowitz

The Old Man: John Brown at Harpers Ferry by Truman Nelson

John Brown by W.E.B. Du Bois

Anti-Racism in US History: The First Hundred Years by Herbert Aptheker

 

Intro Quote:

An excerpt from a speech given by Malcolm X in 1965.

 

Intro Music: 

"ProlesPod Theme" by Ransom Notes

Outro Music:

"Eastern Bloc Beats" by DJ DTA