{"id":3116,"date":"2011-09-21T11:54:26","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T11:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"\/yorktownsquare\/?p=3116"},"modified":"2014-09-29T16:15:52","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T20:15:52","slug":"answered-tough-questions-for-york-countians-about-john-brown%e2%80%99s-harpers-ferry-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/answered-tough-questions-for-york-countians-about-john-brown%e2%80%99s-harpers-ferry-raid\/","title":{"rendered":"Asked and answered. Tough questions for York countians about John Brown\u2019s Harpers Ferry Raid"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOsborne Perry Anderson, one of John Brown’s raiders on Harper’s Ferry in 1859, sought and found refuge in York after the failed attempt at starting a slave uprising. He later made his way to freedom in Canada. Also of interest: Civil War 150th Road Show parked in York, Pa.\u2019s, Penn Park.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

York countian and Facebook friend Jim Poland<\/a> is a common-sense man of great passion and strong convictions.<\/p>\n

So when we raised questions in this post<\/a> about whether York countians were justified in aiding John Brown raider Osborne Perry Anderson’s escape from federal authorities, Jim responded with vigor.<\/p>\n

Remember that Brown and others in his band were executed for their actions.<\/p>\n

Here are Jim’s comments:<\/p>\n

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(1)<\/strong> Was John Brown\u2019s violent actions at Harper’s Ferry justified to destroy slavery?<\/p>\n

YES. The tide was moving toward abolition and the “evolution” away from slavery as a core of the American South’s economic engine had already taken too long and could well have taken another 30 years.<\/p>\n

(2)<\/strong> Did slavery, dependent upon violence against a race of people, need to be ended by violence?<\/p>\n

YES. Humankind history illustrates that extreme measures are necessary where violence and oppression occur.\u00a0 Did the end of South Africa’s apartheid require violence to end that oppression?\u00a0 Did the end of the “Ultimate Solution” of the Third Reich require the violent overthrow of the Nazi regime to open the gates of the “labor” camps and death camps?\u00a0 Does the end of the violent, dictatorial oppression of populations in Middle East countries “really” require violence?<\/p>\n

Has non-violent, civil disobedience achieved positive change where there is violent oppression. Yes, but at the cost of life and limb of those protesting for change.<\/p>\n

Did York City need to have violent “race riots” to achieve positive change?\u00a0 Apparently, sadly, yes.<\/p>\n

Less violent intervention is required when MORE of the TOTAL population, including members of the segment of that population benefiting from that very oppression, engage in non-violent initiatives for removal of the oppressive practices\/system.<\/p>\n

Those are Jim’s views.<\/p>\n

What say you? (Please comment below.)<\/p>\n

Also of interest:<\/strong><\/p>\n

All underground railroad posts from the start.<\/a><\/p>\n

– For more on Anderson, see Scott Mingus\u2019 Cannonball post: First shots at Fort Sumter bring war\u2019s reality to county.<\/a><\/p>\n

– The story of former slave William C. Goodridge of York, Pa., would play well in Hollywood.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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