MOSANA (THE UNION) - PART XVII
EPISODE 17 Three years had passed since Governor Geary had called a truce between the two warring parties. But the war was far from over. And in that time, John Brown had been far from idle. He spent those three years regrouping, fundraising, planning, and building support for a more ambitious and revolutionary mission. After the Battle of Osawatomie, Brown realised that guerrilla warfare alone wouldn’t end slavery. In 1856, he had fled Kansas with a $3,000 bounty on his head and returned east, believing he needed a larger plan to strike at the heart of slavery. So he got to work. Brown traveled across New England and the Midwest, seeking funds and weapons. He connected with and sought help from the Secret Six, who agreed to finance his plans. The Secret Six were a group of wealthy and influential abolitionists who preferred to remain anonymous for obvious reasons. They couldn’t, in any way, be associated with the movement, or it would jeopardize their places in society, and not to men...