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'''''His Soul is Marching On To Another World''''', more often referred to as "The John Brown Isekai", is a online fictional work depicting [[The American Civil War|John Brown]] in an generic isekai setting, following his 1859 hanging after the raid on Harper’s Ferry.

The first chapter was published in 2022 by author "The Cabbage Preacher". It can be read on [https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/57505/his-soul-is-marching-on-to-another-world-or-the Royal Road] where it is published and updated.

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* [[Abandoned Mine]]: Some abandoned mineshafts are one of the few traces of human civilization John Brown finds in the mountains.
* [[Blob Monster]]: Slime monsters can be found in the land of Gemeinplatz.
* [[Book Dumb]]: Jacob Smith is from contemporary Florida, and is explicitly said by the Narrator to not know who John Brown was due to the failure of his education.
* [[Checkpoint Charlie]]: Escaped slaves sometimes seek refugee in Dwarvern lands.
* [[Cosplay Cafe]]: ''La Isékai'' - A villainous maid cafe established by an otherworlder is featured at the end of Chapter 2.
* [[Eagle Land]]: Both a positive portrayal from John Brown, and a negative one from Jacob Smith.
* [[Eagleland Osmosis]]: People in the other world have distorted imports of American culture through the visitors from the other world.
** Timmy and Ani ask Shinasi to play "[[American Football| Awmereighkan Handball]]" with them.
** An attempt to recreate Coca Cola is also served at the maid cafe.
* [[Experienced Protagonist]]: John Brown has already lived through his real world life, including all the frontier work and fighting for abolition that came with it.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: The people of Gemeinplatz look down on Demi Humans.
* [[Fictional Currency]]: The Libra is used as currency.
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: In the introduction the raid on Harpers Ferry has already happened. John Brown is going to be hanged for treason.
* [[Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!]]: The attitude of slaves and freed slaves, believing it is better to [[I Die Free|Die Free]] than be recaptured.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: John Brown himself.
** {{Spoiler|[[Harriet Tubman]] as well.}}
* [[Jerkass]]: Watanabe Generico buys a slave, and raises a sword against her when she refuses to eat inedible berries.
* [[Kangaroo Court]]: The John Brown and the freedmen give a brief trial for the former overseers. They are quickly found guilty and hung.
* [[The Mole]]: Shinasi takes a job as a guard to oversee slaves so they can support the liberation of slaves.
* [[People Puppets]]: Used by the Maid Cafe.
* [[Reincarnation Fantasy]]: John Brown dies in our world and finds himself transported into another world after getting mixed up with a "Jon Brown".
* [[Slave Liberation]]: A few examples:
** The first thing the reader is shown of John Brown in the new world is caving in the skull of a slave owner in and tossing the slave the keys to their shackles.
** Ayomide learns magic in secret to rebel on her own, and runs for freedom.
* [[Truck-kun]]: Jacob explains to John Brown hit by a truck in 2023, sending him to the other world. John Brown, not quite understanding what was meant, says he was also hit by one in 1859.

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