John Brown
Supply weapons for a slave revolt
John Brown
John Brown
John Brown led a raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859 with the aim of starting a slave rebellion. He and his followers seized the federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, hoping to arm enslaved people and incite a widespread uprising against slavery. The raid ultimately failed, leading to Brown's capture, trial, and execution, but it intensified the national debate over slavery and contributed to the tensions leading up to the Civil War.
The raid led to the capture of John Brown and the survivors of his band.
The raid on the arsenal in Harpers Ferry, VA was anti-slavery. It was led by John Brown, the radical abolitionist October 16, 1859.
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John Brown was the leader of the raid and he wanted to create a colony for runaway slaves and to do this he needed weapons. Which led to the Harpers Ferry Raid.
John Brown
John Brown
John Brown
Harpers Ferry was the site of a significant event in American history when abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the federal armory there on October 16, 1859, in an attempt to incite a slave rebellion. Brown and his followers seized the armory but were quickly surrounded by local militia and U.S. Marines, led by Colonel Robert E. Lee. The raid ended in failure, with Brown captured, tried, and executed, and it heightened tensions between the North and South, contributing to the outbreak of the Civil War.