tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136268.post6929191586889493454..comments2024-02-08T23:48:48.397-05:00Comments on <p><big>JOHN BROWN TODAY</big></p><p><i><center>A Biographer's Blog</center></i></p>: Louis A. DeCaro, Jr. . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/10895195726778019518noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136268.post-72693670141778253612023-02-25T09:30:11.833-05:002023-02-25T09:30:11.833-05:00R. Test. That Johnny Clausen was a lifelong Demo...R. Test. That Johnny Clausen was a lifelong Democrat is no surprise to anyone who knew him. Let me tell you how he explained it to me. <br /><br />Following the 1965 passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts, southern Democrats left the Democratic Party in droves - and took their views with them, into the Republican Party. As Johnny used to say, it was good riddance. <br /><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01581591685639489816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136268.post-89431698469815869432008-05-08T11:02:00.000-04:002008-05-08T11:02:00.000-04:00Weird that John Carl Clausen was apparently a Demo...Weird that John Carl Clausen was apparently a Democrat considering his lineage.<BR/><BR/>I too am descended from Abolishionists and even have an ancestor that took part in the Underground Railroad using both his boats and northern connections to aid those escaping slavery.<BR/><BR/>My inaugurial post, 2 years ago includes a reference to <A HREF="http://authentic-connecticut-republican.blogspot.com/2006/05/who-are-these-characters-calling.html" REL="nofollow">John Brown.</A>Authentic Connecticut Republicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867654898369536598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136268.post-62686553545332953802007-11-22T12:04:00.000-05:002007-11-22T12:04:00.000-05:00Wow! Thanks for this web site. 1009 -- 150th anniv...Wow! Thanks for this web site. 1009 -- 150th anniversary of the raid. I hope the media takes note of it.<BR/><BR/>I started researching J. Brown after learning that one of my cousins was married to Edwin Coppock's uncle, i.e., she was Coppock's aunt.<BR/><BR/>Edwin Coppock was one of those captured and hanged after the raid.R. Testhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11948928211339628650noreply@blogger.com