enslaved people and begin an insurrection against slaveholders.
The objective was to steal enough weapons to arm slaves and start an uprising in Virginia
Virginia - in what is now West Virginia
The South identified Abolitionism with violent revolution.
Few black or white Americans were prepared to join a rebellion led by a fanatical abolitionist.
John Brown's first raid was the attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, which took place on October 16-18, 1859. Brown aimed to incite a slave rebellion by seizing weapons to arm enslaved people. Although he and his followers captured the arsenal, the raid quickly unraveled, leading to his capture by U.S. Marines under Robert E. Lee. This event heightened tensions over slavery in the United States and made Brown a martyr for the abolitionist cause.
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His intention was to secure weapons, arm the slave, and create a general insurrection.
The objective was to steal enough weapons to arm slaves and start an uprising in Virginia
Virginia
John Browns Raid took place in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
harpers ferry was a hub of trains and canals ,which provided escpe routes.
harpers ferry was a hub of trains and canals ,which provided escpe routes.
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Virginia - in what is now West Virginia
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
The raid deepened the division between the North and South
So that the slave owners would a lesson on keeping slaves