October 16 - Striking a Blow at Slave Labor

16/10/2025 1 min Episodio 2660
October 16 - Striking a Blow at Slave Labor

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Episode Synopsis

On this day in Labor History, the year was 1859. That was the day that abolitionist John Brown led a raid at the armory in Harpers Ferry, in what is now West Virginia. His goal was to strike a blow toward ending slavery.