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Who led the plot to start a slave rebellion in virginia?
John Brown
Who broke into federal armory to help start a slave rebellion?
John Brown
Who was responsible for leading a raid on the us armory at Harper's ferry hoping to start a slave rebellion?
John brown (abolisionist)
Who led on the US Armory at Harper Ferry Virginia trying to start a slave rebellion?
John Brown
Was John Brown's plan destined to fail?
The John Brown attempt to start a slave rebellion was an ill conceived plot that failed in totality. The end result was the execution of John Brown. The idea that Brown had regarding a slave rebellion was without merit. He and his followers believed that they could end slavery by taking control of the Harper's Ferry arsenal and recruiting slaves to his cause of a slave rebellion. There was at that time no thoughts among US leaders of trying to start a slave rebellion.
What was the purpose of John Brown and his abolitionists attack Harper's Ferry?
John Brown's goal was to begin a slave rebellion. Harper's Ferry was a Federal arsenal and thus a source for arms for the slave rebellion.
Who was the leader of the failed slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry?
John Brown?
What did john brown do during the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
he led a key attack on harpers ferry hoping to start a slave rebellion
Who tried to spark a slave rebellion by capturing a federal arsenal?
John Brown
Why did john brown stage a raid a harpers ferry?
John Brown wanted to steal an arsenal at Harper's ferry. Then he would give the weapons to the slaves for a slave rebellion against their slave owners.
What role did Issac Smith play in the John Brown take over of Harper's Ferry?
Issac Smith was the alias used by John Brown when he purchased a farm in Maryland in 1859. That farm was the planning place for Brown's attempt to start a slave rebellion.
What did John Brown hope to accomplish by raiding Harpers Ferry?
John Brown planned to steal weapons from where they were being stored for the war in Harpers Ferry and distribute them to slaves and start a slave rebellion. Obviously John Brown was an abolitionist and believed that slavery was wrong and wanted to end it.
