Yes - a fanatical abolitionist. His attempted capture of the Federal arsenal, in order to arm the slaves for a nationwide rebellion, convinced the South that all Abolitionists were in favour of armed revolution.
John Brown
Was John Brown
No. He was a fanatical Abolitionist, who helped to cause the Civil War by capturing the US arsenal at Harper's Ferry, to try and arm the slaves for a nationwide rebellion. He was arrested and hanged in 1859 - before the war started.
The effect of John Brown's rebellion was his two sons were killed at Harper's Ferry. The rebellion was to seize the ammunition and arms in the federal arsenal and to arm the slaves in the area.
harpers ferry, Virginia
The site of the federal arsenal where a militant abolitionist, John Brown, led the famous raid in 1859 is Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Brown, along with a group of followers, hoped to incite a slave rebellion by seizing weapons from the arsenal. The raid was ultimately unsuccessful, and Brown was captured, tried, and executed.
Yes - a fanatical abolitionist. His attempted capture of the Federal arsenal, in order to arm the slaves for a nationwide rebellion, convinced the South that all Abolitionists were in favour of armed revolution.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
John Brown attempted to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
The antislavery abolitionist John Brown and about 18 of his followers intended to start a slave rebellion. He attacked the Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. He took over the arsenal, however, he was unable to start a slave rebellion. He was captured by Union commander at the time of Robert E. Lee. Brown was hung in December of 1859 for treason against the State of Maryland. The charge was odd, in that it would have been seen as treason against the USA as the arsenal was a Federal arms depot.
John Brown
The radical anti slavery abolishtionist John Brown was white. He can be called "radical" in that he took over a Federal arsenal to begin a slave rebellion.
Radical abolitionist John Brown did seize the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in 1859. The purpose was to supply arms to a slave revolt that John Brown and his followers attempted to create. The "rebellion" was ended in a few days as no slaves were enticed to join such a revolution, and Federal forces under Colonel Robert E. Lee captured Brown and his 20 or so followers. Brown was hung in Virginia soon after for treason.
The Government arsenal at Harper's Ferry
John Brown
Was John Brown