John Brown led the raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in October 1859. His goal was to initiate an armed slave revolt by seizing weapons and distributing them to enslaved people. The raid ultimately failed, and Brown was captured, tried, and executed, becoming a martyr for the abolitionist cause.
Harper's Ferry, Virginia
John Brown led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, on October 16, 1859. His goal was to initiate a slave uprising by seizing weapons and distributing them to enslaved people. The raid ultimately failed, resulting in Brown's capture and later execution, but it heightened tensions between the North and South in the lead-up to the Civil War.
The arsenal provided additional ammunition for raids in Kansas.
Harper's Ferry, Virginia (in today's West Virginia).
John Brown at Harper's Ferry *
Harper's Ferry, Virginia
The arsenal provided additional ammunition for raids in Kansas.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
harpers ferry, Virginia
Abolitionist John Brown took over the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in Virginia in 1859.
John Brown's capture of the Federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
John Brown's raid and capture of the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia was a step towards his goal of starting a slave rebellion. The arsenal provided Brown with the weapons needed for the revolt.
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.
Brown's goal was to obtain weapons from the arsenal in order to arm slaves and cause a slave uprising in Virginia
He had hoped to steal enough weapons to arm a slave uprising in Virginia
John Brown.
Harpers Ferry