It convinced the South that the Abolitionists favoured violent revolution, and they began to prepare for armed resistance.//// One other aspect of the Raid and particularly its' aftermath I find interesting is this; John Brown was tried,convicted,and executed for TREASON against the STATE of Virginia. Treason against a State, not against the United States(Federal Government). I think that is interesting from a legal(Constitutional)perspective. What say you?!
John Brown's raid on the US arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, happened in order to get weapons for arming a slave uprising in Virginia
1859.
He was hanged in December.
John Brown faught and died in the Harpers Ferry Raid in order to start a slave rebellion.
After the Harper's Ferry raid, John Brown was arrested and hung.
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Supply weapons for a slave revolt
John Brown
1859. He was hanged in December.
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry was from October 16-18, 1859.
John Brown
1859
Federal arsenal seized by John Brown in 1859 with the intent of arming slaves and Stonewall Jackson in 1862 just before the Battle of Antietam.
John Brown (abolitionist / revolutionary) was born in 1800. He was hanged in 1859, after the disastrous raid on Harpers Ferry.
December 2, 1859
John Brown
John Brown's most famous raid was on Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. He tried to start a revolt among slaves in 1859.
It began on the night of October 16, 1859 and ended on October 18, 1859, with Brown's arrest.
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry began on October 16th, 1859 and ended the 18th.