John Brown Escapes - Does he have a Political Future?

If Brown avoids capture he's going to be the subject of one of the largest manhunts in US history. He tried to start a civil war and destroy the economy and political structure of half the country after all. If he manages to stay free until the war I don't think he'll be executed but he's still likely to still be facing at least nominal jail time. Even abolitionists thought he was a dangerous radical. No way they put him in command of troops.
 
John Brown was insane and I say that in the positive way possible. He'd never gain support from the White Masses but maybe in southern Ohio he with other radicals could make something happen.

Tbh he is one of the few white men in American history who was 100% who truly was down for the cause. So many others were incrementalists whereas he was completely for systemic change by any means necessary and I respect him for that. However his message falls on deaf ears with the Establishment.


Not just the "establishment" - with virtually all white Americans north or south.
 
Could see him forming a partisan band in the Missouri area; would definitely step outside the laws of war, and quite possibly meet a violent end in the middle of nowhere.
 
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