Because he was captured by a patrol commanded by Colonel Robert E. Lee.
John Brown?
John Brown (1800-1859) was captured at the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry. He convicted and hanged for treason six weeks after his failed attempt to start a slave revolution.
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry was from October 16-18, 1859.
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John Brown killed 7 innocent people in the raid of Harper ferry
John Brown
John Brown
Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
It failed. Col. Robt. E. Lee captured Brown and his surviving men. Brown was later hanged.
he invaded Harper's ferry to start a riot
John Brown was a failed farmer and a failed businessman. His raid on Harper's Ferry, and possibly others of his acts of domestic terrorism, were finances by a group of wealthy Abolitionists known as the Secret Six.
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.