The radical anti slavery abolitionist, John Brown, conceived and enacted the raid and take over of the Federal Armory at Harper's Ferry. His plan to start a slave revolt failed however and Brown and his followers were captured by then Union officer, Robert E. Lee.
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 famous raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry took place in the state of Virginia. It was perpetrated by John Brown and his gang. Several, including Brown, were hanged for it.
The raid on the arsenal in Harpers Ferry, VA was anti-slavery. It was led by John Brown, the radical abolitionist October 16, 1859.
John Brown believed that God told him to free the slaves (he was an abolitionist). His raid was known as "bleeding kansas" because he mudered over 200 people.
The raid on Harper's Ferry started on the night of October 16,1859.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Now West Virginia. If you mean John Brown's raid, the Harpers Ferry military armory, now a tourist attraction.
John Brown
To free the slaves
John Browns Raid took place in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Supply weapons for a slave revolt
Supply weapons for a slave revolt
Virginia
John Brown
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.
Virginia - in what is now West Virginia
harpers ferry was a raid that many people died in.
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.