Second National Roundtable in “John Brown: America250” Series Highlights Abolitionist Women as Strategists and Leaders
Virtual discussion March 16 continues growing multi-state momentum tied to America’s 250th.
Torrington, CT, March 01, 2026 --(PR.com)-- As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, John Brown America250: Renewing the Revolution will host its second national virtual roundtable on March 16 from 7–8:30 p.m. Eastern. Titled John Brown and Abolitionist Women, the discussion will examine the strategic leadership and organizing power of women who shaped the abolition movement and sustained its momentum in the decades before the Civil War. The roundtable will be hosted by John Brown biographer Louis A. DeCaro Jr., Ph.D. and will feature historian Margaret Washington, Ph.D., and environmental psychologist and artist Shawndel Frasier, M.A. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link (bit.ly/jba250-rt2).
The February launch of John Brown: America250 via an inaugural roundtable drew attendees from 22 states and four countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, and Colombia, signaling strong early national and international engagement with the initiative’s mission to reexamine John Brown’s constitutional legacy in advance of America’s 250th anniversary. Part of Brown’s legacy is egalitarian, so this second conversation turns attention to abolitionist women as strategists, organizers, and leaders—often the hidden backbone of the movement.
“As we approach America 250, we must remember that the struggle to align the nation with its founding promise of equality always involved women as well as men,” said DeCaro. “Abolitionist women were engaged–with great devotion, often unappreciated talent, and unrelenting effort–in advancing the antislavery cause throughout the antebellum era.”
The March roundtable continues the monthly virtual series organized under John Brown: America250, a multi-state coalition connecting events and educational efforts across fourteen states and one Canadian province tied to Brown’s life and legacy.
“We are thrilled to participate in John Brown: America 250,” reflects Michele Zack, of the Owen Brown Gravesite Committee in Altadena, Calif., “as it is a continuation of our work, and of the important re-examination of John Brown’s legacy under way in the United States.”
“This is not simply about revisiting the past,” adds Martha Swan, co-organizer of the initiative. “John Brown: America250 invites the country to reflect seriously on the unfinished work of equality that defined the abolition movement and continues to define our national character.”
About John Brown America250: Renewing the Revolution—a coalition of organizations, advocates, and scholars, who celebrate Brown’s passion for equality and America’s founding principles of a multiracial democracy. We are setting the historical record straight about a patriot who gave his life for the founding principle that all people are created equal.
JohnBrown: America250 is organized under a “Cradle to Grave” partnership between two John Brown–based nonprofits: The John Brown Project (www.johnbrownproject.org) in Torrington, Connecticut (where Brown was born), and John Brown Lives! (www.johnbrownlives.org) in North Elba, New York (where he is buried).
The February launch of John Brown: America250 via an inaugural roundtable drew attendees from 22 states and four countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, and Colombia, signaling strong early national and international engagement with the initiative’s mission to reexamine John Brown’s constitutional legacy in advance of America’s 250th anniversary. Part of Brown’s legacy is egalitarian, so this second conversation turns attention to abolitionist women as strategists, organizers, and leaders—often the hidden backbone of the movement.
“As we approach America 250, we must remember that the struggle to align the nation with its founding promise of equality always involved women as well as men,” said DeCaro. “Abolitionist women were engaged–with great devotion, often unappreciated talent, and unrelenting effort–in advancing the antislavery cause throughout the antebellum era.”
The March roundtable continues the monthly virtual series organized under John Brown: America250, a multi-state coalition connecting events and educational efforts across fourteen states and one Canadian province tied to Brown’s life and legacy.
“We are thrilled to participate in John Brown: America 250,” reflects Michele Zack, of the Owen Brown Gravesite Committee in Altadena, Calif., “as it is a continuation of our work, and of the important re-examination of John Brown’s legacy under way in the United States.”
“This is not simply about revisiting the past,” adds Martha Swan, co-organizer of the initiative. “John Brown: America250 invites the country to reflect seriously on the unfinished work of equality that defined the abolition movement and continues to define our national character.”
About John Brown America250: Renewing the Revolution—a coalition of organizations, advocates, and scholars, who celebrate Brown’s passion for equality and America’s founding principles of a multiracial democracy. We are setting the historical record straight about a patriot who gave his life for the founding principle that all people are created equal.
JohnBrown: America250 is organized under a “Cradle to Grave” partnership between two John Brown–based nonprofits: The John Brown Project (www.johnbrownproject.org) in Torrington, Connecticut (where Brown was born), and John Brown Lives! (www.johnbrownlives.org) in North Elba, New York (where he is buried).
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