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Omaha Steve

(99,079 posts)
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 09:01 PM Oct 2015

10-16-15 Striking a Blow at Slave Labor in 2:00


http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/october-16-striking-a-blow-at-slave-labor/




October 16, 2015
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.

2:00 minute audio at link.

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10-16-15 Striking a Blow at Slave Labor in 2:00 (Original Post) Omaha Steve Oct 2015 OP
Interesting link. Thanks for posting this. Number23 Oct 2015 #1

Number23

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1. Interesting link. Thanks for posting this.
Sun Oct 18, 2015, 03:06 AM
Oct 2015

Would love to see something more recent if you come across it?? Particularly re: how black people were systematically shut out of the American labor movement for many years.

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