The Provisional Dispatch:
Renewing the revolution with words
Bury Me in a Free Land
This poem was read during the “John Brown and Abolitionist Women” roundtable of March 16, 2023. Written by abolitionist Frances Ellen Watkins, it was published in the Antislavery Bugle in 1858.
Who John Brown Was
In this excerpt of an interview with the John Brown Project, Dr. Louis A. DeCaro Jr. explains who John Brown was: a man of deep faith, a man who loved his family, and a man who hated the notion of human enslavement.
Who John Brown Wasn’t
In this interview excerpt with the John Brown Project, Dr. Louis A. DeCaro Jr. begins the discussion of who John brown was, but spelling out who he wasn’t.
is advocating for John Brown the same as advocating for violence?
No. America was built on the notion that you have the right to defend yourself against oppressors.
John Brown 250 is about American Ideals
As we mark America’s 250th anniversary, JohnBrown250 is setting the historical record straight about John Brown— a patriot whose vision of a multiracial democracy aligned precisely with the nation’s founding promise that all people are created equal.