John Brown's intention when he and his group attacked and took over the Federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, was to use the weapons there to arm slaves in a revolt. He hoped the revolt would spread and make a large impact towards the end of slavery in the US. His attempt failed. However, to sympathizers against slavery, Brown became a martyr for the cause of abolition. He became a martyr in that he was convicted of treason was hanged for the crime.
A violent slave revolution and the eventual abolition of slavery.
The site of the federal arsenal where a militant abolitionist, John Brown, led the famous raid in 1859 is Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Brown, along with a group of followers, hoped to incite a slave rebellion by seizing weapons from the arsenal. The raid was ultimately unsuccessful, and Brown was captured, tried, and executed.
John Brown attempted to start a slave uprising there in 1859 - he led men to the arsenal there to seize weapons. MORE INFO: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2940.html
A person who supplies weapons is an 'arms dealer.' To give someone weapons is to 'arm' them.
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A violent slave revolution and the eventual abolition of slavery.
John Brown planned to steal weapons from where they were being stored for the war in Harpers Ferry and distribute them to slaves and start a slave rebellion. Obviously John Brown was an abolitionist and believed that slavery was wrong and wanted to end it.
The Harpers Ferry raid
To obtain weapons to arm the slaves.
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Supply weapons for a slave revolt
Supply weapons for a slave revolt
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.
His intention was to secure weapons, arm the slave, and create a general insurrection.
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.
The site of the federal arsenal where a militant abolitionist, John Brown, led the famous raid in 1859 is Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Brown, along with a group of followers, hoped to incite a slave rebellion by seizing weapons from the arsenal. The raid was ultimately unsuccessful, and Brown was captured, tried, and executed.
Certainly. He seized the government arsenal, intending to give the weapons to slaves for a full-scale revolt.