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Harper's Ferry, Virginia
The arsenal provided additional ammunition for raids in Kansas.
Harper's Ferry, Virginia (in today's West Virginia).
John Brown at Harper's Ferry *
John Brown seized the Federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry,Virginia in 1859. His attempt to incite armed revolt failed when a detachment of U.S. Marines commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Lee defeated Brown's plan and captured Brown. John Brown was tried by the State of Virginia for Treason. He was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging.
Harper's Ferry, Virginia
The arsenal provided additional ammunition for raids in Kansas.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
harpers ferry, Virginia
Abolitionist John Brown took over the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in Virginia in 1859.
John Brown's capture of the Federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
John Brown's raid and capture of the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia was a step towards his goal of starting a slave rebellion. The arsenal provided Brown with the weapons needed for the revolt.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) was a small town, where a Federal Arsenal was located. Brown became convinced that if he started an uprising among slaves by providing weapons and strategy, the revolt would spread across the entire south. Thus, by raiding the Federal Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, he, his sons, and men could seize weapons and provide them to slaves, during what he envisioned as a revolt.
Brown's goal was to obtain weapons from the arsenal in order to arm slaves and cause a slave uprising in Virginia
He had hoped to steal enough weapons to arm a slave uprising in Virginia
John Brown.
Harpers Ferry