I will try to say this gently, I get we valorize John Brown because his starting point is similar to most of the people here, but I feel like there are many many more black & indigenous people who fought valiantly and died trying to liberate themselves that we could focus on as role models instead
One time I went to the blacksonian in DC expecting John Brown to have a fairly sizeable presence and was surprised to see he was a footnote in one small windowed exhibit off the main hall. I think a lot about that feeling of surprise I had and what it means.