Fire Memes for Traitor Haters

The red-pants uniform was that of the French Zouaves, a uniform which was widely imitated during the Civil War due to the fighting reputation of the Zouaves.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10288396

Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist who is famous for guiding escaped slaves to the North in the Underground Railroad and helping plan the attack on Harper's Ferry.

This percussion cap pistol and 3 ft ivory handled sword belonged to her.

The Tallahassee family of Alex Brickler owns the pieces and considers them a family heirloom since he’s a 5th generation decedent of Tubman. He said Harriet found the sword and kept it with her, just in case.

“You know it’s a very threatening kind of a weapon, she was a spy so she may not have had direct recourse in order to use the saber, but you know if you’re walking around the south in the woods with a big saber like that people are gonna take notice and they’ll be out to not necessarily threaten you as much,” Brickler says.

As far as the pistol, Brickler family members aren’t sure if she ever fired it, but say she did take it with her on a slave raid.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22622489

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9916630

This Sharps rifle bears no maker’s mark; it was made especially for John Brown. Brown carried this weapon on his Kansas campaign in 1856 and later presented it to Charles Blair of Collinsville, Connecticut. In 1857, Brown contracted Blair to forge pikes for the clandestine slave insurrection he was planning for Harpers Ferry.