Trained militias
harpers ferry was a raid that many people died in.
John Browns intent was to start a revolt by slaves, with the slaves killing their masters. This outraged many Southerners, and widened the division between North and South.
That depends on what you mean. If you mean the raid on Harpers Ferry led by John Brown in an effort to begin a slave revolt, then many were afraid of a slave revolt and angry with Northerner abolitionists, but at the same time they felt vindicated in their claims that the slaves were content. If you mean the battle of Harpers Ferry, the confederates were happy because it was a large victory with comparatively little cost. They got lots of weaponry, food, and other supplies (like fresh uniforms, even though they were Union uniforms). They were happy.
On October 16, 1859 John Brown and 21 followers arrived at Harpers Ferry. Brown had killed slavery supporters in the Kansas Territory, and then he wanted to spark a slave revolt in Virginia. Brown and his men attacked and captured the federal arsenal, where the weapons were stored. They took hostages, but no slaves came to join the revolt. United States Marines led by Colonel Robert E. Lee rushed to Harpers Ferry to capture John Brown, put him on trial and execute him. The South (Confederacy) were shocked by his violent acts. His raid started the tension between the North (Union) and the South (Confederacy). Later, many white Southerners blamed the North for Brown's acts. That is the first event that triggered the Civil War.
How many southerners owned 20 or more slaves
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Trained militias
harpers ferry was a raid that many people died in.
John Browns intent was to start a revolt by slaves, with the slaves killing their masters. This outraged many Southerners, and widened the division between North and South.
yes this is true!!
That depends on what you mean. If you mean the raid on Harpers Ferry led by John Brown in an effort to begin a slave revolt, then many were afraid of a slave revolt and angry with Northerner abolitionists, but at the same time they felt vindicated in their claims that the slaves were content. If you mean the battle of Harpers Ferry, the confederates were happy because it was a large victory with comparatively little cost. They got lots of weaponry, food, and other supplies (like fresh uniforms, even though they were Union uniforms). They were happy.
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As for Harpers Ferry armory, the Union set it on fire. The Confederates extinguished the fire and were able to remove many of he rifle making equipment and shipped it south. Before giving up Harpers Ferry, they destroyed the remainig factory and railway.
John Brown (May 9, 1800 - December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist, who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to end all slavery. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre in 1856 in Bleeding Kansas and made his name in the unsuccessful raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859.John Brown's attempt in 1859 to start a liberation movement among enslaved African Americans in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) electrified the nation. He was tried for treason against the state of Virginia, the murder of five pro-slavery Southerners, and inciting a slave insurrection and was subsequently hanged. Southerners alleged that his rebellion was the tip of the abolitionist iceberg and represented the wishes of the Republican Party. Historians agree that the Harpers Ferry raid in 1859 escalated tensions that, a year later, led to secession and the American Civil War.
Brown became a martyr and a song was written using the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic. As union troops marched they would sing this song to annoy the southern troops. " John Brown lies moldering in his grave." To the south he was proof that the abolitionist cause was dangerous.
The Code of the Harpers has 128 pages.
Harper's Ferry was was a hub of trains and canals, which provided escape routes. By all accounts, the location chosen by John Brown to start a slave revolt, was a poor one. There were very few slaves in the area of Harper's Ferry.