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https://i0.wp.com/idavox.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Pleasant.jpg?fit=700%2C700&ssl=1700700When we talk about John Brown, we really should look at the people around him because there some stories we should know. Mary Ellen Pleasant bankrolled him. She gave him money for Canadian oasis for escaped slaves, and to a weapons factory but alas, the raid at Harper's Ferry, VA failed. And that doesn't even scratch the surface as to how much of a badass she was!