History Conversations REWIND | Five for Freedom: The African American Soldiers in John Brown’s Army

 with Eugene Meyer | Prerecorded virtual event

 

More than 163 years later, John Brown’s October 1859 ill-fated raid on Harpers Ferry to seize its federal arsenal and incite a slave rebellion is well known. Less known are the stories of five African Americans who joined with him. Their sacrifice continues to resonate, as the legacy of slavery, America’s original sin, remains. Author Eugene L. Meyer tells us of the world in which they were born, lived and died, and of the aftermath, as the struggle for racial justice and equality rages on. Originally aired February 2023.