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A Sword from "Bleeding Kansas":
This sword is believed to have been carried by one of John Brown's men in a raid against pro-slavery settlers in Pottawatomie, Kansas.
In a letter to a Quaker woman, John Brown justified his violent actions with a reference to the New Testament:
"You know that Christ once armed Peter. So also in my case I think he put a sword into my hand and there continued it so long as he saw best." |