To start a slave revolt.
The arsenal provided additional ammunition for raids in Kansas.
Supply weapons for a slave revolt
Eighteen men
"John Brown's Rebellion" was an attack by a small group of men on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, VA (now Harpers Ferry, WV) on October 16, 1859. Brown hoped to steal weapons and arm the slaves in Virginia to rebel against slavery. Brown was captured, tried, convicted of treason, and hanged.
The attack against Harpers Ferry was led by abolitionist John Brown in October 1859. He aimed to initiate an armed slave revolt by seizing the federal arsenal located there. Brown's raid ultimately failed, leading to his capture and subsequent execution, but it intensified national tensions over slavery and contributed to the onset of the Civil War.
John Brown in Harpers Ferry tried to seize a federal armory on behalf of his cause.
John Brown
John Brown
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
The arsenal provided additional ammunition for raids in Kansas.
Harpers Ferry
Supply weapons for a slave revolt
Supply weapons for a slave revolt
Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Now West Virginia. If you mean John Brown's raid, the Harpers Ferry military armory, now a tourist attraction.
Eighteen men
(John Brown)
"John Brown's Rebellion" was an attack by a small group of men on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, VA (now Harpers Ferry, WV) on October 16, 1859. Brown hoped to steal weapons and arm the slaves in Virginia to rebel against slavery. Brown was captured, tried, convicted of treason, and hanged.