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9 de oct. de 2024 · Harpers Ferry Raid, assault that took place October 16–18, 1859, by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown on the federal armory located at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now in West Virginia). It was a main precipitating incident to the American Civil War.
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John Brown, militant American abolitionist and veteran of...
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4 de mar. de 2010 · Learn about the 1859 raid by abolitionist John Brown on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), and its impact on the Civil War. Find out who Brown was, why he did it, how it ended and what it meant for the nation.
27 de oct. de 2009 · John Brown was a militant abolitionist whose violent raid on the U.S. military armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, was a flashpoint in the pre‑Civil War era.
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (also known as John Brown's raid or The raid on Harpers Ferry) was an effort by white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859. He attacked and captured the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Learn about the 1859 raid by abolitionist John Brown and his followers on the federal armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Find articles, videos, and biographies on the raid, its impact, and its participants.
11 de sept. de 2024 · John Brown, militant American abolitionist and veteran of Bleeding Kansas whose raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859 and subsequent execution made him an antislavery martyr and was instrumental in heightening sectional animosities that led to the American Civil War.
13 de nov. de 2009 · John Brown led a small group of abolitionists to attack a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859, in an attempt to start a slave revolt. The raid failed and Brown was executed, but it sparked the Civil War and increased sectional tensions.
