Battle Hymn of the Republic - John Brown - US History - Part 5 - Extra History

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    John Brown is cornered at Harpers Ferry and Robert E Lee's army rushes the armory doors. He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on. Glory, glory, hallelujah.
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  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  Рік тому +282

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    • @pyeitme508
      @pyeitme508 Рік тому

      BRUH!

    • @Texanprime
      @Texanprime Рік тому +7

      Please do Texas revolution please extra history

    • @danielkingsley7142
      @danielkingsley7142 Рік тому +2

      Hey guys how about creating one about⚔️ William Wallace🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 but not the Braveheart figure no!

    • @phantom765
      @phantom765 Рік тому +1

      that was amazing to learn, also gad damn dude was good at speeches

    • @17Watman
      @17Watman Рік тому

      Can you guys do a video on “The Killer Angels”?

  • @elgatto3133
    @elgatto3133 Рік тому +4192

    "As he died to make men Holy, let us die to make men free" has to be the hardest line in a marching song ever written

    • @oddish2253
      @oddish2253 Рік тому +116

      When the soviet collapse Ансамбль Александрова (Red Army Choir) sang the battle hymn of the republic. A future lost.

    • @MunchKING
      @MunchKING Рік тому +159

      Patton had it right though. You don't win wars by dying for your cause. You win wars by making the OTHER SIDE'S guys die for THEIR cause.

    • @jonathanrich9281
      @jonathanrich9281 Рік тому +267

      I actually cried a little when they got to this part in the episode.

    • @billyd.williams6241
      @billyd.williams6241 Рік тому +2

      -fingerguns- Thats nice.

    • @junkjunk81
      @junkjunk81 Рік тому +88

      It is important to remember that the "He" in the song who died to make men holy is Christ.
      In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea /
      With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me /
      As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free! /
      While God is marching on
      Note that many modern hymnals change the line about dying to "let us live to make men free."

  • @philipkelly7369
    @philipkelly7369 Рік тому +2855

    John Brown's goal to start a slave rebellion failed spectacularly, but is goal to become a martyr probably succeeded to an greater extent than he could have hoped.

    • @poop696969poop
      @poop696969poop Рік тому +216

      "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine"

    • @ubiergo1978
      @ubiergo1978 Рік тому +72

      An "Heroic Defeat" can lead to win wars... I guess every country has its examples of this, I'm Chilean so the one we have here is Arturo Prat (a navy captain in the 1879 war).

    • @rodvafe
      @rodvafe Рік тому +18

      ​@@ubiergo1978 well yeah, I'm Peruvian, and pretty much every Peruvian general falls on that category

    • @barbiquearea
      @barbiquearea Рік тому +15

      His actions pushed the South to secede, and the fact his raid took place in Virginia may have swayed the state into joining the secessionists despite voting down secession twice. Virginia joining the CSA did more to prolong the war than anything else could have. As Tennessee and North Carolina would join them. Plus they had one of the best state militias. And some of the Union's best former officers such as Robert E Lee and Thomas Jackson were from Virginia.

    • @ubiergo1978
      @ubiergo1978 Рік тому

      @@barbiquearea On the other hand, maybe a short almost uneventful war also "maybe" wouldn't led to the 13th ammendment thing you guys have and maybe wouldn't end slavery at all, maybe it would just led to another "compromise" again... So, maybe a long bloody war was, as he probably thought, the "only" way. O.O

  • @Robert-hz9bj
    @Robert-hz9bj Рік тому +1275

    "Now if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I submit: so let it be done..."
    These words should be chiseled on every government building in the United States

    • @aceous99
      @aceous99 Рік тому +93

      the Rich don't like to be reminded of their mistakes.

    • @dataportdoll
      @dataportdoll Рік тому +24

      Orson Welles did a reading of this speech you can find on youtube. Highly recommended reading.

    • @quangle-zi2oz
      @quangle-zi2oz Рік тому +26

      Unfortunately! Raising a Confederate flag in America still isn't a crime!

    • @gabriel.b9036
      @gabriel.b9036 Рік тому +28

      @@quangle-zi2oz Hate the flag and everything it stands for, but it ultimately falls under 1st amendment protection. Can't ban it no matter how tasteless it is.

    • @swampdonkey1567
      @swampdonkey1567 Рік тому +10

      ​@@tuvoca825 if it's your property yes.
      Although it's hard to defile somthing so disgusting as a Confederate flag
      (The design ain't bad just what it represents, plus the American flag looks better)

  • @pupusamonkey
    @pupusamonkey Рік тому +1708

    I was only taught some of John Brown's raid while in school and this series was my first time learning about his methods and reasons. Now that I know, I can get behind the notion that "Battle Hymn of the Republic" be made into a secondary national anthem alongside the Star Spangled Banner.

    • @Spekor
      @Spekor Рік тому +65

      radicalized christians (see baptists i live in the bible belt) made me hate all religious songs.. seeing that that one isn't about god as it seems from the lyrics. i'm with you.. it's a song worth being sung :3

    • @chubby_vik3914
      @chubby_vik3914 Рік тому +2

      Same

    • @larrychilders6599
      @larrychilders6599 Рік тому +17

      They taught it to us in a perspective that made him out to be a traitor

    • @GanarfGeorgie
      @GanarfGeorgie Рік тому +32

      @@larrychilders6599 They did the same to as kids,. Way to go Fulton County Georgia "educational" system!...jerks... (and they kept a tight lip about folks like Frederick Douglas and Sojourner Truth.) Sometimes I'm ashamed I come from the south.

    • @lessonslearned2569
      @lessonslearned2569 Рік тому +19

      @@GanarfGeorgie And now they want to do it again.

  • @nowhereman6019
    @nowhereman6019 Рік тому +1826

    John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave,
    *BUT HIS SOUL GOES MARCHING ON!*

    • @nonorailfan2331
      @nonorailfan2331 Рік тому +76

      Glory Glory hallelujah!

    • @NeroIML
      @NeroIML Рік тому +60

      He's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord
      But his soul goes marching on!

    • @saahiliyer11
      @saahiliyer11 Рік тому +43

      HE CAPTURED HARPER’S FERRY WITH HIS NINETEEN MEN SO TRUE

    • @saahiliyer11
      @saahiliyer11 Рік тому +47

      HE FRIGHTENED OL’ VIRGINIA TILL SHE TREMBLED THROUGH AND THROUGH

    • @leonhardeuler7647
      @leonhardeuler7647 Рік тому +46

      THEY HANGED HIM FOR A TRAITOR THEY THEMSELVES THE TRAITOR CREW,
      BUT HIS SOUL GOES MARCHING ON!!

  • @jameskarg3240
    @jameskarg3240 Рік тому +1675

    "As he died to make men Holy, let us Die to make men free"
    Easily a #1 moving line in American Music and sacramential literature.

    • @scottanos9981
      @scottanos9981 Рік тому +37

      It would later be changed to "As He died to make men Holy, let us LIVE to make men free" in some versions.

    • @seanmcloughlin5983
      @seanmcloughlin5983 Рік тому +13

      I always thought that was supposed to be a Jesus reference

    • @hun6444
      @hun6444 Рік тому +3

      @@seanmcloughlin5983 Me too

    • @AmyraCull
      @AmyraCull Рік тому +7

      This is the first time I’ve ever heard it and it made me cry a little 😅

    • @jtmartin1170
      @jtmartin1170 Рік тому +15

      @@seanmcloughlin5983 it is. The line before it is “In the beauty of the lilies, Christ was born across the sea, with a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me”

  • @joels5150
    @joels5150 Рік тому +685

    “…all such foes of the human race.” -Some Virginian officer
    I’d say that accurately describes all supporters of slavery.

    • @05Matz
      @05Matz Рік тому

      Indeed. That's what it fundamentally comes down to, despite all the efforts of the USA to whitewash it and backtrack on the progress made. Slavers and those who support them are enemies of all humanity. It's as simple as that. The Union didn't go far enough. Not by a hundredth.

    • @charlesatanasio
      @charlesatanasio Рік тому +6

      Last I checked, people were useing that kind of language to describe parents trying to protect their children from s3xual predators, and a boy in Kenosha that defended thimself from three armed men.

    • @angelqiu2237
      @angelqiu2237 10 місяців тому +1

      I’d say all of the above works 👍

    • @harmonlanager2670
      @harmonlanager2670 8 місяців тому +37

      @@charlesatanasioDid you limber up before that stretch?

    • @charlesatanasio
      @charlesatanasio 8 місяців тому +1

      @@harmonlanager2670 Bud, you know I'm right. Try again.

  • @w8ting4fri
    @w8ting4fri Рік тому +271

    Brown's words ring so true. So many horrible deeds in American history have gone unpunished or even rewarded because they were done for those with power and influence. His punishment will always be deeply unjust.

    • @johnholman3200
      @johnholman3200 9 місяців тому +11

      Trust me, America's evil doings haven't gone unpunished. They have one more judge they have to see before everything is said and done.

    • @evilsclone2499
      @evilsclone2499 8 місяців тому +12

      @@johnholman3200 solem comfort for the victims who would never get to see it...
      So as one special figure says.
      "Sometimes we can't expect God to do all the work"

    • @Kyle-ql9km
      @Kyle-ql9km 7 місяців тому +2

      As all great powers fall, so will America. Perhaps by the punishing hand of a higher power, or perhaps by those it has wronged.

    • @shzarmai
      @shzarmai 2 місяці тому +2

      Yeah, reminds me of the sins done against the Native Americans

  • @kennethkellogg6556
    @kennethkellogg6556 Рік тому +173

    Fun fact: the Southern reaction to John Brown's raid was so negative that his name literally became a curse. Southerners would say things like "I couldn't get the John-Browned thing to work"!

  • @skyden24195
    @skyden24195 Рік тому +407

    Speaking of the irony of those to witness Brown's execution, to my understanding, another one of these witnesses was a somewhat-known actor named John Wilkes Booth who would actually be inspired by Brown's commitment to a cause, (not, obviously, by his dedication to the ending of slavery.)

    • @ceu160193
      @ceu160193 Рік тому +25

      You mean one, who shot Lincoln?

    • @beeaggro2593
      @beeaggro2593 Рік тому +31

      Yep, Booth was also there

    • @M.E.ANDHistory
      @M.E.ANDHistory Рік тому +16

      ​@@ceu160193Yep, the one and only John Wilkes Booth was there.

    • @barbiquearea
      @barbiquearea Рік тому +5

      Sic semper tyrannis

    • @bbirda1287
      @bbirda1287 Рік тому +22

      Can't make this stuff up, must be history.

  • @thediversifier1739
    @thediversifier1739 Рік тому +251

    The image of John Brown's soul watching over the men who marched into battle is so badass. God save the union.

    • @BasicLib
      @BasicLib Рік тому +21

      Down with the traitors, up with the stars

  • @lancerguy3667
    @lancerguy3667 Рік тому +400

    I attended school in rural missouri, and was taught by a history teacher who was unabashedly a fan of the lost cause myth, but credit where it's due, she did tell us about John Brown's raid, and did at least portray his motivations accurately. Of course... she neglected to mention all the terror southern states were raging in Kansas and Washington at the time... and paired it with a rant about General Sherman's march... so it was nice to be given a greater historical context for everything 🤣

    • @roberteltze4850
      @roberteltze4850 Рік тому +49

      Fun fact, the Kansas constitution has a provision that says the only time the state is allowed to borrow money and go into debt is if we are invaded by a neighboring state. It doesn't explicitly say Missouri but we all know that's implied.

    • @JaysonVaughn
      @JaysonVaughn 7 місяців тому +6

      @@roberteltze4850 fucking hillarious

  • @ericsun3036
    @ericsun3036 Рік тому +615

    The facial hair in this series is majestic! Give a raise to the animators!

    • @seanmcloughlin5983
      @seanmcloughlin5983 Рік тому +24

      The civil war truly was the golden age of epic facial hair
      It’s been all down hill since

    • @michaelramon2411
      @michaelramon2411 Рік тому +12

      They call it "The War of Glorious Facial Hair" for a reason.

    • @17Watman
      @17Watman Рік тому +9

      Gettysbeard

    • @StorymasterQ
      @StorymasterQ Рік тому

      @@seanmcloughlin5983 By the seventies and eighties, the hair had moved down to the pubic region. And finally these days, there's nothing left.
      🤣

  • @reecescott6105
    @reecescott6105 Рік тому +275

    I genuinely believe this is the best episode done by this channel.

    • @extrahistory
      @extrahistory  Рік тому +51

      It has been an emotional journey for us in this series.

    • @TheCreepypro
      @TheCreepypro 10 місяців тому +1

      I wholeheartedly agree with both these statements

  • @gallantcavalier3306
    @gallantcavalier3306 Рік тому +395

    There was one other person at John Brown’s hanging. John Wilkes Booth, dressed in the uniform of a Virginia Militia soldier, he watched the hanging.

  • @rc59191
    @rc59191 Рік тому +364

    Makes me proud both sides of my family fought for the Union. Had a 3rd great grandpa in the 1st New York Light Artillery, another was in the Iron Brigade, and another in the Bucktail Brigade.

    • @nobodysman143
      @nobodysman143 Рік тому +14

      I had family on my mom's side stationed in Kansas and two that served in the 44th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. I had family members on my dad's side who did so as well. So this did stir my soul as well.

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher Рік тому +8

      Had one relative in a New York regiment (can't remember the number offhand), and another who was in the 1st US Sharpshooters. Tended both of their graves in the family plot.

    • @koolmckool7039
      @koolmckool7039 Рік тому +6

      My dad's side of the family fought in an Illinois brigade, and on my mom's side one fought in an Ohio one.

    • @sanjivjhangiani3243
      @sanjivjhangiani3243 Рік тому

      @@eldorados_lost_searcher the US Sharpshooters were the ultimate elite in the Union Army. You should be proud.

    • @erynies7682
      @erynies7682 Рік тому +3

      Fellow bucktail!

  • @InquisitorThomas
    @InquisitorThomas Рік тому +1322

    They Hung him as a traitor, they themselves the Traitor Crew. His Soul goes marching on!!!

    • @auraaetherbladesigma6939
      @auraaetherbladesigma6939 Рік тому +49

      And may thy lord see thou traitors endure pain unimaginable to human kind, without honor, without peace, without love.

    • @GanarfGeorgie
      @GanarfGeorgie Рік тому +15

      @@auraaetherbladesigma6939 Amen my friend, amen!

    • @luisfilipe2023
      @luisfilipe2023 Рік тому

      Secession isn’t treason. Lincoln was the traitor to the constitution read the 10th amendment

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz Рік тому +29

      And the irony would forever be lost on those traitors

    • @Cedar_Wolf
      @Cedar_Wolf Рік тому +40

      ​@@ecurewitz
      Each Dixie boy must understand
      That he must mind his Uncle Sam.

  • @davidblair9877
    @davidblair9877 Рік тому +112

    “He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat!
    He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat!
    Be swift, my soul, to answer Him! Be jubilant, my feet!
    His truth is marching on!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    His truth is marching on!”

    • @xavi-kun
      @xavi-kun Рік тому +14

      “In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
      With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me.
      As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free!
      While God is marching on!
      Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!
      Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!
      Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!
      His truth is marching on!”

    • @billbones439
      @billbones439 9 місяців тому +2

      ❤❤❤🕯❤❤❤

  • @OneReallyGrumpyJill
    @OneReallyGrumpyJill Рік тому +80

    Man is the definition of "losing the fight but winning the war" - his attempt at starting a rebellion and fighting against slavers with force failed horribly, and yet, he still found enough strength in him to keep fighting for the case after he survived the fight, and in that, he aided the cause more than he could've thought.

  • @davyt0247
    @davyt0247 Рік тому +164

    His soul goes marching on. Glory glory hallelujah.

  • @dannyarcher2458
    @dannyarcher2458 Рік тому +147

    Julia Howe also advocated to women’s suffrage. Battle Hymn is a fun and easy tune to play. Thanks for shedding light on this historical topic, the topic of John Brown’s raid was over within 1 minute in Georgia High school Curriculum (very brief).
    I was told Julia Howe was also a possible member of the secret six, but not sure as I never got a chance to meet any of them.

    • @Nolaris3
      @Nolaris3 Рік тому +12

      Julia Howe wasn't a member of the Secret Six because she was married to one of them (Samuel Gridley Howe)

  • @noespell
    @noespell Рік тому +61

    I always thought John Browns Body was set to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic. The fact that it's the other way round is astounding.

  • @NoMoreCrumbs
    @NoMoreCrumbs Рік тому +132

    There are a lot of different verses for Battle Hymn of the Republic, but I think my favorite is
    "I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel
    "As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal"
    Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel
    Since God is marching on"
    The ending of slavery by war and blood was a holy crusade, and I cannot be persuaded otherwise

    • @drextrey
      @drextrey Рік тому +1

      Its if not the only Holy War, in the literal meaning, It was pure, not tainted by gold nor glory as those claimed to be "holy" war, where in reality just a plundering backed by church.

    • @codysonic1
      @codysonic1 11 місяців тому +5

      That’s actually a valid view of the war.

    • @bashbashfulsson4540
      @bashbashfulsson4540 11 місяців тому +7

      More holy than any of the actual crusades, certainly!

    • @joshuaestrada6042
      @joshuaestrada6042 9 місяців тому +3

      AMEN!

    • @TheCompleteMental
      @TheCompleteMental 5 місяців тому

      Interesting how both sides used religious conviction like that

  • @mr.bluesky8554
    @mr.bluesky8554 Рік тому +57

    Battle Hymn of the Republic has a special place in my heart. Our national anthem is a rousing speech of bravery, but this just tugs at the strings. It's a song for the United States that was meant to be, that shining city on a hill. It's...America.

  • @josephattwell1006
    @josephattwell1006 Рік тому +33

    2:52 For anyone confused of why Virginia is shaped like this, this was how Virginia was shaped before West Virginia left.

  • @n0obi
    @n0obi Рік тому +226

    This shows got me more knowledge of the US problem in early 1800s. My school here in Finland didn't cover much, well at all these times, so its great to learn about the times! Keep up the great work❤

    • @Kurotaisa
      @Kurotaisa Рік тому +17

      I mean, my man, you're from Finland, you shouldn't be expected to learn much about US history, like me in south america didn't get much about US or Finland history.

    • @Kurotaisa
      @Kurotaisa Рік тому +5

      Not that I'm saying it's bad, I love history and I probably would have gone to college for history if I thought there was any way to monetize that degree!

    • @wikiuser92
      @wikiuser92 Рік тому +3

      Hello, fellow Finn! This was definitely an interesting thing to learn about history.

  • @Fenrisson
    @Fenrisson Рік тому +39

    Have I ever said Brown's my man?! Because he is.

    • @Illumirage
      @Illumirage 10 місяців тому

      So you just kill people you disagree with? Sounds legit...

    • @KrasMazovHatesYourGuts
      @KrasMazovHatesYourGuts 9 місяців тому +5

      @@Illumirage Not all 'disagreements' are either moral or tolerable.

    • @Illumirage
      @Illumirage 9 місяців тому

      ​@@KrasMazovHatesYourGutscommunist democrats : "murder is okay when i say so"

  • @userthomash
    @userthomash Рік тому +2039

    AWAY DOWN SOUTH IN THE LAND OF TRAITORS

    • @firesonic23
      @firesonic23 Рік тому +410

      RATTLE SNAKES AND ALLIGATORS

    • @lolmeister9764
      @lolmeister9764 Рік тому +294

      ​@@firesonic23
      RIGHT AWAY

    • @drmajalis1583
      @drmajalis1583 Рік тому +264

      @@firesonic23 RIGHT AWAY (RIGHT AWAY)
      COME AWAY (COME AWAY)

    • @danielj4042
      @danielj4042 Рік тому +280

      WHERE COTTON’S KING AND MEN ARE CHATTELS

    • @yorickzierikzee2443
      @yorickzierikzee2443 Рік тому +245

      Union Boys wil win the battles

  • @jamesavdoian3056
    @jamesavdoian3056 Рік тому +200

    Every time I hear these stories about such heroes of America’s past I can’t help but remember a line I once read a book called “Culture Warlords”
    “We tend to like our noble lawbreakers to be comfortably in the past, where time and death have sanitized them into heroes, and to suffer those who struggle against injustice in the present only grudgingly, if at all.”
    The reason why I think about it so much, is that it’s easy in retrospect to look upon the past, with the benefit of how it bore out and know who was in the right of history. But what heroes against injustice of the modern day are we allowing to go unsung, because in our judgment, we hold some kind of qualms against their tactics in a fight for which we may not necessarily have as much at stake.
    I think more than anything that’s probably one of the most important lessons to learn from John Brown’s story.

    • @05Matz
      @05Matz Рік тому +13

      Definitely, that's a critical point, made better than I could have.

    • @rafaravioli
      @rafaravioli 9 місяців тому +10

      A great point. "These *radicals* should stop protesting injustice in any way that might inconvenience people!", etc...

    • @Samsamhamram
      @Samsamhamram Місяць тому +2

      An ever present and very noticeable sight right now. Between racial inequality and persecution, queer people's rights being stripped, and the us-funded murder of children in Palestine it is truly dumbfounding how a vast majority of people go about their lives ignoring such pressing issues for most of their lives; myself too often included in that.

  • @robertstuckey6407
    @robertstuckey6407 Рік тому +31

    I always tear up a little when I hear the "as he died to make men holy let us die to make men free" verse

  • @monsterfanatic5344
    @monsterfanatic5344 8 місяців тому +18

    This man is now my favorite person in all of American History. Maybe even history in general.

  • @kostakatsoulis2922
    @kostakatsoulis2922 Рік тому +71

    The Battle Hymn of the Republic kicked off, in my opinion, the best time in US history in terms of marching songs.

    • @SkyTreeStudio
      @SkyTreeStudio Рік тому +9

      I honestly almost wished it was our national anthem.
      Star Spangled is good and all but if there's one thing I believe sums up at least the country the US wants to be seen as especially after the Civil War it would be the Battle Hymn of the Republic

    • @kostakatsoulis2922
      @kostakatsoulis2922 Рік тому +3

      @@SkyTreeStudio damn, I agree now. Violence in the name of freedom(or at least perceived freedom) does seem to be our go-to normal. We should make a petition!

    • @xavi-kun
      @xavi-kun Рік тому +6

      @@SkyTreeStudiomy issue with Battle Hymn for an anthem is its Christian messaging. As a Christian myself, I like the lyrics, yes. However the issue stems from what the United States is in reality: a melting pot of differing faiths and cultures, limited not only to Christians or the Abrahamic faiths.

    • @BullGator-kd6ge
      @BullGator-kd6ge Рік тому +4

      @@xavi-kun Not to mention it’s long af. Depending on how long you draw it out, the official anthem can go from 2.5-4 minutes. Battle Hymn is 4-5+

    • @koolmckool7039
      @koolmckool7039 Рік тому +2

      @@BullGator-kd6ge No one sings the full national anthem already.

  • @chef-kiss
    @chef-kiss Рік тому +138

    Would love if you did a short story of Joe Hill! He is also a labour icon

    • @AtticusEdwards
      @AtticusEdwards Рік тому +9

      UTAH REPRESENT

    • @instantimagination8163
      @instantimagination8163 Рік тому +20

      🎵I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night,
      Alive as you or me
      Says I, "But Joe, you're ten years dead,"
      "I never died," says he🎵

    • @nickg2759
      @nickg2759 Рік тому +1

      who's joe?

    • @chef-kiss
      @chef-kiss Рік тому +15

      @@nickg2759 very famous labour activist of the state Utah who was falsely convicted of murder. A lot and I mean a lot of union songs were written by him.

    • @meatharbor
      @meatharbor Рік тому +7

      The Battle of Cable St. might be a good topic to cover in that vein, also.

  • @TEC6608
    @TEC6608 Рік тому +260

    John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave
    John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave
    John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave
    But his soul goes marching on

    • @nonorailfan2331
      @nonorailfan2331 Рік тому +15

      Glory Glory hallelujah!
      Glory Glory hallelujah!
      Glory Glory hallelujah!
      But his soul go marching on!

    • @Revy8
      @Revy8 Рік тому +1

      🎶

    • @nonorailfan2331
      @nonorailfan2331 Рік тому +11

      He had gone to be a soldier in the army of the lord
      He had gone to be a soldier in the army of the lord
      He had gone to be a soldier in the army of the lord
      But his soul goes marching on!

    • @fives5555arc
      @fives5555arc Рік тому +14

      He captured Harper’s Ferry with his nineteen men so true.
      He frightened ol’ Virginia till she trembled through and through.
      They hung him for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew.
      But his soul goes marching on.

  • @DracoMagnius
    @DracoMagnius Рік тому +50

    What I have learned from these videos is that we need more John Browns.

  • @23centrifuge
    @23centrifuge Рік тому +46

    This is, in my unimportant opinion, the best series y’all have ever done. The way you all closed this one was beautiful, seriously. Thank you

  • @TheCreepypro
    @TheCreepypro 10 місяців тому +13

    glad that more people can learn about this legendary man who didn't just believe in God and the bible but actually did his best to model it properly by using it to defend those who couldn't defend themselves

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Рік тому +141

    And his soul marched on, guiding the Union Soldiers! Love your videos guys!

  • @danstarr9895
    @danstarr9895 Рік тому +17

    JB is a hero.

  • @Masonjar94
    @Masonjar94 Рік тому +32

    “ as he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free” cold chills every time

  • @stonecutter1217
    @stonecutter1217 Рік тому +47

    Thank you so much for this lesson. You definitely have a new fan. John Brown’s fight for justice and peace for the people of America isn’t over. We must continue to March with him, as his souls keeps marching on.

  • @pointly
    @pointly Рік тому +45

    Rest well an American martyr. A Martyr of Freedom and Equality. His soul goes marching on.... holding the star spangled banner!

  • @discountplaguedoctor88
    @discountplaguedoctor88 Рік тому +20

    And now I'm imagining that Brown's ghost was shrieking in rage when Henry Wise ripped him off in planning his own raid on Harper's Ferry.

  • @rogermwilcox
    @rogermwilcox Рік тому +25

    The tune for "John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave" comes from an older camp meeting hymn called "Say, Brothers, Will You Meet Us".
    In much the same way that the tune of the Star Spangled Banner comes from a wealthy society's drinking song.

  • @horothewisewolf5436
    @horothewisewolf5436 Рік тому +7

    This entire series made me answer hard questions about myself and I swear if I wasn’t so emotionally suppressed I would be sobbing about it…

  • @jeremiahcooper376
    @jeremiahcooper376 Рік тому +7

    6:02 John Wilkes Booth was also present for Brown’s execution

  • @tessat338
    @tessat338 Рік тому +15

    Going to school in Maryland, a school field trip to Harper's Ferry was a big deal in middle school. We totally got information about John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry.

    • @WapitalismandWreedom
      @WapitalismandWreedom Рік тому

      yeah, I really don't understand where this narrative comes from that this kind of history(the racial kind) isn't taught in schools. I think a lot of people just didn't pay attention in history class or went to evangelical/deep south schools. My school in Michigan had a whole chapter about bleeding kansas, kansas-nebraska act, and the raid on harpers ferry and how these directly precipitated the civil war.

  • @sanguiniusonvacation1803
    @sanguiniusonvacation1803 11 місяців тому +11

    After chewing on it for a couple months ive realized something. The unwillingness to act to fix a broken system in which people suffer and die, is already as bad as influcting that evil yourself because you justify it though your none action.

    • @Illumirage
      @Illumirage 9 місяців тому

      So domestic terrorism, got it

    • @joshuatony.5353
      @joshuatony.5353 3 місяці тому

      ​@@Illumirage quit being pathetic it's hilarious

  • @ozymandias3329
    @ozymandias3329 Рік тому +10

    "On behalf of God's despised poor" what a beast

  • @nickster5207
    @nickster5207 Рік тому +16

    *HIS SOUL GOES MARCHING ON*

  • @twintimeproductions8700
    @twintimeproductions8700 Рік тому +20

    My high school chorus sings Battle Hymn of the Republic every year at the last concert. I'm pretty sure our director does not know what it's actually about (she's very Christian, so the Biblical lyrics are taken at face value). She replaced the "Let us die to make men free" with "Let us *live* to make men free," completely missing the point of the original song.

  • @racinracerxp8645
    @racinracerxp8645 Рік тому +24

    Only extra credits will put out a normal video on April 1st, incredible.

  • @Merennulli
    @Merennulli Рік тому +82

    You covered this well. It's a really hard thing to cover when people with clearly right goals commit acts of violence that aren't sanctioned by society.

  • @ikeekieeki
    @ikeekieeki Рік тому +10

    "you would honor me if i had done this for the rich, but i did it for the poor you got mad." - based.

  • @alejandromiguel2442
    @alejandromiguel2442 Рік тому +26

    I have been following along with this series since the beginning, and I legit wake up EVERY day looking forward to the next video you guys post. This series was absolutely fantastic, hats off to everyone who put in their efforts on these videos 🎉

    • @extrahistory
      @extrahistory  Рік тому +2

      Thank you! This series quickly became one of our favorites

  • @thefussyrogue6300
    @thefussyrogue6300 Рік тому +10

    I remember learning about this in High School, although we did not go into much detail we did learn that it was one of the reasons that lead to the American Civil War

  • @Sephira0
    @Sephira0 Рік тому +71

    I can't help but see countless parallels to the modern day in John Brown's story.

    • @unclejoeoakland
      @unclejoeoakland Рік тому +5

      Look to the bible for parrallels.

    • @DungeonCreator20
      @DungeonCreator20 Рік тому +15

      @@unclejoeoaklandkind of a jump from “see how civil rights issues are coming up again” to start pushing revelations across the table

    • @natebox4550
      @natebox4550 Рік тому +5

      @@DungeonCreator20Well, John was quite the religious man. And the whole Jews escaping and fighting the Egyptians fit. Either way, I’m not personally religious. But it fits.

  • @sandradermark8463
    @sandradermark8463 Рік тому +5

    Strange to see young Lincoln without a beard. And seeing him referred as "he who should not be named" like Voldemort.

  • @MichellePaulette79
    @MichellePaulette79 Рік тому +26

    Well, I knew most of this, there were some things I did not know. Thank you for sharing this. It’s very important for Americans, especially those who were never taught this. In the American south for many years, it was likely you MIGHT only hear his name and harpers ferry and not much else..

  • @jackjones3919
    @jackjones3919 Рік тому +10

    Thank you for making this series. Never heard of him here in the U.K. but agree that it should be shared widely!

  • @allisonseamiller
    @allisonseamiller Рік тому +14

    Today's world needs more John Browns.

  • @lupuwei
    @lupuwei Рік тому +21

    Now do one for General Grant, another much maligned hero of the Civil War

    • @matthewdopler8997
      @matthewdopler8997 Рік тому +9

      I also requested that. He also is sometimes under looked and occasionally treated unfairly by Southern writers by being depicted as a drunken butcher who only won due to superior numbers. It ignores all the really smart strategies Grant did throughout the war.

    • @Valhain
      @Valhain Рік тому +4

      I want to see Sherman. Man was complex

    • @nomar5spaulding
      @nomar5spaulding 4 місяці тому

      @@matthewdopler8997 The best thing about all that Grant the butcher crap is that he spent most of the war fighting with the 2nd or 3rd string army in peripheral theaters where the armies were usually pretty even in terms of numbers. If Grant had a numbers advantage it was because he created local superiority through skillful generalship. Sure, in the Overland Campaign, Grant had overwhelming numbers, but really only after he backed Lee into a coerner that he knew Lee wouldn't retreat from and then attrited Lee down for 8 months. Losses in the Overland Campaign were high, but it's really the only time where Grant had higher than normal losses. He typically had pretty low losses, but most importantly, his campaigns always moved the Union closer to ending the war, so in terms of men lost, if there was a ratio that could equate losses to war winning actions, Grant's ratio would be the most favorable. People also give Grant a hard time and claim he was just an idiot basically who just mindlessly attacked. He was constantly looking for, and trying new methods to make attacks more successful and lose costly. It didn't always work, but Grant was never afraid to innovate personally, or to try innovations from his subordinate officers.

    • @nomar5spaulding
      @nomar5spaulding 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Valhain There is a Sherman story from the Vicksburg campaign that always makes me laugh. Grant had already gone down south of Vicksburg on the west bank of the river, and Sherman was north of the city coordinating transports that were running supplies down the river under the guns of the city fortifications. On one supply run, Sherman observed a river boat take several hits and go down. He wrote in a letter to Grant about it and said he hoped that they would be blessed with good enough luck for the newspaper reporters to have all been aboard the sunken steamboat. Sherman was savage.

    • @matthewdopler8997
      @matthewdopler8997 4 місяці тому

      @@nomar5spauldingSherman famously hated the press and even accused them of spying.

  • @rebekahchickering288
    @rebekahchickering288 Рік тому +7

    What a badass

  • @DarthCalculus
    @DarthCalculus Рік тому +8

    Thank you for this series. It sparked a conversation with my kids about slavery and the tricky issue of righteous violence.

  • @thediversifier1739
    @thediversifier1739 Рік тому +6

    I know I am not a patron, if I had the money to spare i would, but the story of missouri at the beginning and just before the Civil War and even during it is fascinating.

  • @DingusTheArtist
    @DingusTheArtist Рік тому +60

    Unions rules! Confeds drool!

    • @InquisitorThomas
      @InquisitorThomas Рік тому +11

      They hung him as a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew, his soul goes marching on!!!

    • @DingusTheArtist
      @DingusTheArtist Рік тому +1

      USA USA USA!

    • @Merennulli
      @Merennulli Рік тому +4

      ​@@DingusTheArtist I love how UA-cam offers to translate that to English 😂

    • @drrohanjacob5343
      @drrohanjacob5343 Рік тому +4

      ​@@Merennulli Also how it translates as one one one

    • @Food.Consumer
      @Food.Consumer Рік тому +1

      ​@@Merennulli LMAOOO, It translate to" one one one "😭

  • @michaelbarnes5223
    @michaelbarnes5223 Рік тому +30

    One of the greatest moments of the war, has got to be when US soldiers sang the song loud and proud as they marched out of the smoldering ruins of Atlanta in November 1864.

    • @jy3n2
      @jy3n2 Рік тому

      Hail Colombia, happy land
      If we don't burn you I'll be damned

  • @animarok9032
    @animarok9032 Рік тому +4

    " one man action cannot change his present, but can forged it's future"

  • @fullofpilk
    @fullofpilk 4 місяці тому +2

    This was by far my favourite EH series so far.

  • @FumbleSquid
    @FumbleSquid Рік тому +178

    I think its important to see why his message was so downplayed historically after the fact, not just due to racism, but the rich and powerful knowing that such a strong and inspiring example of radical progress and civil rights would mean their power (and even their lives) may be forfeit
    But we should be inspired and proud of him

    • @therearenoshortcuts9868
      @therearenoshortcuts9868 Рік тому +16

      the moment the "rich and powerful" realize that the only thing separating you and them
      is nothing but air molecules and the clothes you are wearing

    • @bensoncheung2801
      @bensoncheung2801 Рік тому

      123 👍

  • @bulshock1221
    @bulshock1221 Рік тому +5

    Somewhat ironically I heard more of 'Blood Upon the Risers' rather than 'Battle Hymn of the Republic' growing up (they follow the same tune and format). But then my dad was a paratrooper for a time, so it sort of makes sense.

  • @RIPSKULLY
    @RIPSKULLY Рік тому +11

    Funny coincidence, we just learned this in school a few weeks prior, I am in the 8th grade

  • @michaelkidd8746
    @michaelkidd8746 Рік тому +5

    ...but his soul goes marching on.

    • @Illumirage
      @Illumirage 9 місяців тому

      In hell

    • @TheHopeslost
      @TheHopeslost 6 місяців тому +4

      ​@@Illumirage who else would God send to give slavers their just punishment

    • @Illumirage
      @Illumirage 6 місяців тому

      @@TheHopeslost Africa could sure use him right now as slavery is still going on over there....

    • @Illumirage
      @Illumirage 6 місяців тому

      @@TheHopeslost .... to this day in 2023....

  • @tmdblya
    @tmdblya Рік тому +8

    No song turns on the tears for me like Battle Hymn of the Republic.

  • @imikimi06
    @imikimi06 Рік тому +4

    The ending honestly gave me goosebumps, this was one of the best episodes of Extra History ever.

  • @joshleggett4551
    @joshleggett4551 Рік тому +7

    Well he’s gone to be a soldier in the army of the lord. He’s gone to be a soldier in the army of lord. He’s gone to be a soldier in the army of lord. But his soul is marching on.

  • @DRACOFURY
    @DRACOFURY Рік тому +9

    *BUT HIS SOUL GOES MARCHING ON* ✊🏿

  • @TheGreaterDane
    @TheGreaterDane 4 місяці тому +4

    And his soul goes marching on

    • @Illumirage
      @Illumirage 3 місяці тому

      In hell

    • @TheGreaterDane
      @TheGreaterDane 3 місяці тому +1

      why's that?@@Illumirage

    • @Illumirage
      @Illumirage 3 місяці тому

      @@TheGreaterDane I think this, "I have some moral qualm with something, therefore I am going to go around dispatching people left and right" mentality is a problem. Who defines whose opinions supercede our laws, and why them?

    • @johndanes2294
      @johndanes2294 21 день тому

      ​@@Illumirage Keep seething

    • @Illumirage
      @Illumirage 21 день тому

      @@johndanes2294 no I'm good.

  • @if1397
    @if1397 Рік тому +7

    Funny that Im wearing my raid on Harper's fairy shirt today that I got at the Harper's fairy museum.

  • @bentoth9555
    @bentoth9555 Рік тому +7

    "He Who Must Not Be Named..." Wait, so Lincoln wasn't allowed on the ballot but Voldemort was?

  • @DrMonty-ng5fo
    @DrMonty-ng5fo Рік тому +32

    This video made me tear up. It was insanely good! :D

  • @dis_random_kid8699
    @dis_random_kid8699 4 місяці тому +2

    It gets better. John Wilkes Booth was at Browns execution too.

  • @scaryglobe7157
    @scaryglobe7157 Рік тому +6

    his soul is marching on to this day

    • @Illumirage
      @Illumirage 8 місяців тому

      In hell

    • @justjesse4276
      @justjesse4276 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@IllumirageThis implys every single person who has ever fought for freedom is in hell. What a weird thing to say.

    • @Illumirage
      @Illumirage 3 місяці тому

      @@justjesse4276 no it doesn't

    • @justjesse4276
      @justjesse4276 3 місяці тому

      @@Illumirage Ok what's the difference with him? Cause he is the literal definition of freedom fighter. Similar to the founding of the country, except it failed.

    • @Illumirage
      @Illumirage 3 місяці тому

      @@justjesse4276 killing people for your ideological beliefs is wrong

  • @Fruit_Cake_Boii
    @Fruit_Cake_Boii Рік тому +4

    My friends keep telling me that they can't talk to me without learning something, and that's mostly because I quote extra history a lot. Thank you to this channel for being my favourite source of historical education since I was like, three.

  • @williamradke4290
    @williamradke4290 Рік тому +5

    I agree with Matt that I really loved this series, because I wasn't taught this in school and its definitely something that should be talked about more, because it is great context to how the Civil War started.

  • @Americanbadashh
    @Americanbadashh Місяць тому +2

    His son's skeleton was rescued during the civil war, and eventually given a proper burial next to his father. It took 20+ years after the body was rescued due to logistics but his mother and at least one of his brothers were still alive and present to bury him.

  • @TheKillakan87
    @TheKillakan87 Рік тому +3

    I don't know what school you went to dude, but I learned about John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry in school growing up.

    • @Leg1503
      @Leg1503 Рік тому

      I didn’t. All we got was that he was an example of radical abolitionism and that he was hanged for taking weapons from harpers ferry.

  • @TheGamegurusChannel
    @TheGamegurusChannel Рік тому +15

    Chills at the end. Great job everyone

  • @Khornecussion
    @Khornecussion 6 місяців тому +3

    And now i have to listen to Wasteland 3's rendition of Battle Hymn of the Republic again.

  • @laurencelikestopgun
    @laurencelikestopgun Рік тому +3

    "AND HIS SOUL KEEPS MARCHING ON!!"

  • @Hummus9891
    @Hummus9891 Рік тому +24

    … Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
    He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored
    He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword
    His truth is marching on
    … Glory, Glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    His truth is marching on
    … I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps
    They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps
    I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps
    His day is marching on.
    … Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    His day is marching on
    … I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel
    "As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal"
    Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel
    Since God is marching on
    … Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Since God is marching on
    … He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat
    He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat
    Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! Be jubilant, my feet!
    Our God is marching on
    … Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Our God is marching on
    … In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea
    With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me
    As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free
    While God is marching on
    … Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    While God is marching on

  • @harrisonlee9585
    @harrisonlee9585 Рік тому +20

    "He was the meteor of the War." - Herman Melville

  • @luisfilipe2023
    @luisfilipe2023 Рік тому +6

    Do a series on Garibaldi and Italian unification

  • @Ben-fl6rf
    @Ben-fl6rf Рік тому +9

    Really cool, thanks for the series!

  • @aviricca5578
    @aviricca5578 Рік тому +5

    Why do I get the One Piece vibes of Gol. D Roger execution familiarity with John Browne death, being all the important figures at one place during time of importance in history.

  • @Revy8
    @Revy8 Рік тому +6

    🎶glory glory hallelujah his soul goes marching on!

  • @nateapple1410
    @nateapple1410 Рік тому +4

    I love the battle hymn of the republic, possibly one of my favorites, but I never knew its origin. That's incredible

  • @l.b8896
    @l.b8896 Місяць тому

    I rewatch this video every now and then just to hear John Brown’s court room speech. It’s amazing, it makes me teary 🥲.

  • @jacobnugent8159
    @jacobnugent8159 Рік тому +2

    Battle hymn of the republic is such a good song