To start a slave revolt.
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.
Under the alias of Issac Smith, John Brown, bought a farm in Maryland. Brown, who was intensely against slavery, led an attack on the Federal arsenal in Virginia. His goal was to free the slaves in that State and perhaps start a slave rebellion. The arsenal had the weapons John Brown needed. He was captured by Federal troops and later hanged for treason against the State of Virginia. The Virginia Governor, Henry Wise, was the individual who actually charged Brown with treason. Brown became a martyr for the anti slavery movement in the North.
To arm the slaves for a full-scale rebellion.
To free the slaves
John Brown
To start 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.
John Brown in Harpers Ferry tried to seize a federal armory on behalf of his cause.
Supply weapons for a slave revolt
Supply weapons for a slave revolt
Eighteen men
The raiding of the armory in harpers ferry, coal mining issues, lots of stuff
John Brown
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