The Government arsenal at Harper's Ferry
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.
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John Brown
John Brown was an abolitionist that wanted to supply weapons to slaves.On December 2, 1859, he was hanged.John Brown, an abolitionist
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John Brown (abolitionist / revolutionary) was born in 1800. He was hanged in 1859, after the disastrous raid on Harpers Ferry.
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Harper's Ferry, Virginia. 1859.
Brown's role in the violence in Kansas helped him raise money for his raid on Harpers Ferry in Virginia in 1859. The raid failed, and Brown was executed, becoming a martyr to the abolitionist cause.
John Brown (1800-1859) was convicted of treason and hanged six weeks after his failed raid on a federal arsenal.
John Brown was an abolitionist and the 1859 Harper's Ferry raid is what he is most known for. John Brown kidnapped local citizens in Harper's Ferry and attempted to led a slave revolt.