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John Brown attempted to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

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Why did brown stay in harpers ferry?

It is Harper´s Ferry. John Brown was a famous abolitionist of the American Civil War. He decided to attack the federal arsenal of Harper´s Ferry with a group of 18 other men. This ended with a battle between his men and Robert E Lee´s men, and he was wounded and forced to surrender. This event was one of the causes of the Civil War.


Why did john brown stay in harpers ferry?

It is Harper´s Ferry. John Brown was a famous abolitionist of the American Civil War. He decided to attack the federal arsenal of Harper´s Ferry with a group of 18 other men. This ended with a battle between his men and Robert E Lee´s men, and he was wounded and forced to surrender. This event was one of the causes of the Civil War.


Where did John brown s raid take place?

At Harper's Ferry on Oct.16,1859


What has the author Osborne Perry Anderson written?

Osborne Perry Anderson has written: 'A voice from Harper's Ferry' -- subject(s): History


What was the result of John Brown 's raid on Harper's ferry?

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry in October 1859 aimed to initiate a slave uprising by seizing the federal armory. The raid ultimately failed; Brown and his followers were captured by U.S. Marines led by Robert E. Lee. Brown was tried for treason, convicted, and executed, which heightened tensions between the North and South and contributed to the growing divide that led to the Civil War. His actions made him a martyr for the abolitionist cause, intensifying the national debate over slavery.


What was the Union troop strength at Harper's Ferry in September 1862?

Confederate General Lee had sent a three military force to capture Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry in the middle of September, 1862. The Confederate commanders sent on this mission had been out maneuvered by Union General Julius White. He had been the commander at Martinsburg and on the night of September 11, 1862 evacuated Martinsburg to consolidate his forces with Colonel D. S. Miles who commanded the Union forces at Harper's Ferry. This almost doubled the Union troops there to 13,000 men.


What did John Brown do that made him infamous?

The abolitionist John Brown (1800-1859) was involved in the killing of five people in the Pottawatomie massacre, as a leader of an anti-slavery group in Kansas in 1856. Three years later, he was captured, tried, and executed for his attack on the armory at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.


How did the Dred Scott decision and the Brown's Harper's Ferry Raid deepend sectional antagonism?

While the Dred Scott decision, which ruled a slave as property could accompany his master to a free state yet still remain a slave pleased southerners, it greatly agitated northerners. The Raid on Harperâ??s Ferry by radical abolitionist, John Brown inflamed southerners. The two incidents drew sharp divisions between the north and south and paved the way to the American Civil War.


When did Orris S. Ferry die?

Orris S. Ferry died in 1875.


When was Orris S. Ferry born?

Orris S. Ferry was born on 1823-08-15.


When was Michael S. Harper born?

Michael S. Harper was born in 1938.


What has the author Merton Lynn Dillon written?

Merton Lynn Dillon has written: 'Slavery attacked' -- subject(s): Antislavery movements, History, Slavery 'Elijah P. Lovejoy, abolitionist editor' -- subject(s): Abolitionists, Antislavery movements, Biography