A group called the Secret Six financed John Brown and many of his "abolitionist campains". Two of the members were Julia Ward Howe and her husband, just to let those who think "The Battle of the Hymn of the Republic" a glorius song. All 7 were evil.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
John Brown
John Brown in Harpers Ferry tried to seize a federal armory on behalf of his cause.
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John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in October 1859 aimed to initiate an armed slave revolt by seizing the federal armory. The raid ultimately failed; Brown and his men were quickly surrounded by local militia and U.S. Marines led by Robert E. Lee. Brown was captured, tried, and executed, and the incident heightened tensions between the North and South, contributing to the onset of the Civil War by galvanizing abolitionist sentiment and increasing Southern fears of a slave uprising.
His raid was financed by a group of abolitionists.
John Browns Raid took place in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Virginia
harpers ferry was a hub of trains and canals ,which provided escpe routes.
harpers ferry was a hub of trains and canals ,which provided escpe routes.
A. Why was John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry a turning point?
Virginia - in what is now West Virginia
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
John Browns raid was at Harpers Ferry which is now in West Virginia.
The raid deepened the division between the North and South
So that the slave owners would a lesson on keeping slaves
Because they thought he was trying to do the right thing