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The attack, "John Brown's Raid" was two years before the Civil War began, and Brown was tried, convicted and hanged within a few months after his failed raid. Brown attacked a US government arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (it is now in West Virginia). An arsenal is where military weapons are made and stored. Brown wanted to seize the weapons at Harper's Ferry and use them to arm slaves from the surrounding countryside. He expected the slaves would hear of his attack and run away to the arsenal to take part in a slave revolt. This was the deepest fear of southern slave-owners - that their slaves would rebel, rise against them in "servile insurrection", and that they would all be massacred in their beds. So retributory justice was swiftly meted out to Brown, by the court and the hangman.
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Why did John Brown not spark the US Civil War?
Anti slavery abolitionist John Brown did not spark the US Civil War. He did become a martyr for the cause to end slavery in that he was executed a few months after his attack on the Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Who are some famous political men during the civil war?
there were a lot of famous people of the civil war John Brown and more
What is the bloody Kansas?
Kansas was called "bloody Kansas" during the Civil war and before it, when there were riots about slavery there.Many of these riots happened after John Brown's riot.
Why did John Brown attack the federal armory at Harpers Ferry?
To start a slave revolt.
How did abolitionist view John Brown's attack on Haper's Ferry?
they were happy he trolled the south
Was john brown executed during the civil war?
John Browns raid on Harpers Ferry was before the Civil War, and he was quickly stopped and shot in the attack on the armory IMPROVEMENT John Brown wasn't shot during the attack on the armory. He was captured, regularly trialled and hanged on Dec. 2, 1859
Who was a violent abolitionist during the civil war?
John Brown
Who was executed for his attack on the arsenal at harpers ferry?
(John Brown)
Why did John Brown not spark the US Civil War?
Anti slavery abolitionist John Brown did not spark the US Civil War. He did become a martyr for the cause to end slavery in that he was executed a few months after his attack on the Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Who are some famous political men during the civil war?
there were a lot of famous people of the civil war John Brown and more
Was john brown a leader of the confederate army during the civil war?
No he was not. He was an abolitionist and was already dead at the time.
What did john brown attack in 1859?
a potato
Who did john brown attack?
Harpers Ferry
Why did john brown attack the army during the civil war?
He did not attack the army and it wasn't during the civil war. He attacked the local authorities of the town Harpers Ferry, VA before the civil war so he could steal guns from the federal arsenal there. He would use the guns to arm a slave revolt because he believed god made it his duty to do so. The army then attacked him, before he could leave the arsenal building and he was later hung for treason
Why did John Brown attack the army post?
He loves me!
Why did john brown attack the posts?
to win freedom
He led the attack on Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
