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[-] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago

i mean, I think the civil war was gonna happen anyway right? isn't this a bit great man ish?

[-] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

100%. JB was an absolute sick bloke but Harper’s ferry was a huge L

[-] DefinitelyNotAPhone@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago

It 100% would've happened anyway, but Harper's Ferry was the fire under the southern aristocracy's ass to go through with it because suddenly there was a very real example of a northerner actively instigating mass slave rebellions to destroy their way of life. Had it not happened, the civil war might not have occurred for another decade or two instead of within five years.

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