• arctanthrope@lemmy.world
    14·
    12 days ago

    not unique, that’s a model 1832 artillery sword, over 16 thousand were made

    edit: not criticism to be clear, just a neat fact for anyone who might be interested

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
    6·
    12 days ago

    1856, pro-slavery forces had rigged elections, terrorised anti-slavery settlers, burned the city of Lawrence and killed many free-state advocates. John Brown, determined to retaliate, led his militia company, the Liberty Guards, along Potawatonmic Creek in late May. There the armed band killed five pro-slavery settlers, none of whom owned slaves.

    John Doyle, a survivor of an attack by Brown and his men at Potawatonmic Creek, reported:

    I found my father and one brother, William, lying dead in the road about two hundred yards from the (canoe??) I saw my other brother lying dead on the (aband?) about one hundred and fifty yards from the (house?)… his fingers were cut off, and his arms (were also cut off?), his head was cut open, there was (can’t fucking read, window reflection) William’s head was cut

    • hoch@lemmy.world
      7·
      12 days ago

      Here’s the completed text I found in some other photos:

      I found my father and one brother, William, lying dead in the road about two hundred yards from the house. I saw my other brother lying dead on the ground about one hundred and fifty yards from the house… his fingers were cut off, and his arms were cut off; his head was cut open; there was a hole in his breast. William’s head was cut open, and a hole was in his jaw, as though it was made by a knife, and a hole was in his side. My father was shot in the forehead and stabbed in the breast.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
    5·
    12 days ago

    I imagine John Brown would continue to moulder in his grave. But if he were alive? Retribution is the only solution.