John Brown.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
John Brown
Harpers Ferry
John Brown
The arsenal provided additional ammunition for raids in Kansas.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Harpers Ferry
harpers ferry, Virginia
He raided Harper's Ferry for weaponry from the Federal arsenal there, intending to start a major slave uprising.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) was a small town, where a Federal Arsenal was located. Brown became convinced that if he started an uprising among slaves by providing weapons and strategy, the revolt would spread across the entire south. Thus, by raiding the Federal Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, he, his sons, and men could seize weapons and provide them to slaves, during what he envisioned as a revolt.
John Brown
John Brown attempted to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.