Metropolitan Digital

Men's Weekly


.

John Brown was a violent crusader, but he blazed a moral path that the cautious Lincoln followed to end slavery

  • Written by Adam Seagrave, Associate Professor of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, Arizona State University
John Brown was a violent crusader, but he blazed a moral path that the cautious Lincoln followed to end slaveryAbolitionist John Brown, left, and President Abraham Lincoln, right, were both moral crusaders. Hulton Archive/Getty Images & Stock Montage/Getty Images

One of the most underappreciated figures in the nation’s history, John Brown, has been introduced to Americans by the recent Showtime series “The Good Lord Bird,” based on...

Read more: John Brown was a violent crusader, but he blazed a moral path that the cautious Lincoln followed...

More Articles ...

  1. CDC says masks must fit tightly – and two are better than one
  2. Why you shouldn't eat out for Valentine's Day: An epidemiologist explains a few facts of life
  3. Bipartisanship in Congress isn't about being nice – it's about cold, hard numbers
  4. Polyamorous relationships under severe strain during the pandemic
  5. Public option in Biden plan could change the face of US health care
  6. New postage stamp honors Chien-Shiung Wu, trailblazing nuclear physicist
  7. We're building a vaccine corps of medical and nursing students – it could transform efforts to vaccinate underserved areas
  8. The search for dark matter gets a speed boost from quantum technology
  9. Fighting school segregation didn't take place just in the South
  10. Liberals in Congress and the White House have faced a conservative Supreme Court before
Metropolitan republishes selected articles from The Conversation USA with permission

Visit The Conversation to see more