What your teacher told you: John Brown was an insane antiracist who hated himself and others white people. He was delusional. Abraham Lincoln free the slaves, so therefore he can't be racist. The Truth: 1. "Just as textbooks treat slavery without racism, they treat abolitionism without idealism. Consider the most radical white abolitionist of them all, John Brown.” 2. … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Lies My Teacher Told Me