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warm people: rebels

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Emma Adair was a niece of Captain John Brown. Fred Brown, the first victim on the day of the battle of August 30, 1856, was John Brown’s son.

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PEN, Poder Ejecutivo dela Nación. PEN prisoners were those held at the disposal of the Executive Power The Argentine constitution places no time limit on such detentions.

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EEBI, Escuela de Entrenamiento Basico de Infanteria. Infantry Basic Training School. A special, repressive force of Green Beret-type troops headed by Dictator Anastasio Somoza’s son.

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Percy Bysshe Shelley, Adonais, XXVI, 233-35.