The raid on the Harpers Ferry Federal arsenal was a failure because Brown had a serious misconception about the best way to abolish slavery in the US. His plan was ill conceived and he had no evidence at all that slaves were anywhere near a rebellion. Brown found himself at odds with the US Army and that was a huge error.
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Harper's Ferry
Harper's Ferry
Because he had a small group
it started the Civil War
A. Why was John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry a turning point?
yes it is
Brown hoped that Harper's Ferry would signal a widespread slave rebellion throughout the South. He thought the slaves would converge on Harper's Ferry to receive weapons from he armory Brown had captured there.
It increased tensiond between the north and south.
The raid deepened the division between the North and South
because it stopped the comunists in the south from conquering Mexico
Because he was captured by a patrol commanded by Colonel Robert E. Lee.