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On December 2, 1859, in Charles Town, after failure of the raid and the date of his execution, I John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land; will never be purged away; but with Blood.
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia).
4 de mar. de 2010 · Militant abolitionist John Brown is executed on charges of treason, murder and insurrection on December 2, 1859. Brown, born in Connecticut in 1800, first became militant during the mid-1850s...
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Há 3 dias · Harpers Ferry Raid. Date: October 16, 1859 - October 18, 1859. Location: Harpers Ferry. United States. West Virginia. Context: American Civil War. Key People: John Brown. See how abolitionists attempted to raid weapons from Harpers Ferry to lead a slave uprising.
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9 de mai. 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.
John Brown at his arraignment before a grand jury, drawing dated 1899. John Brown at his trial, unable to stand or sit. Request for prayers for Brown, dated November 4. A warning to citizens of Jefferson County, Virginia, and vicinity to stay home and not attend John Brown's execution.
4 de mar. de 2010 · John Brown Executed: December 2, 1859 In October 1859, the U.S. military arsenal at Harpers Ferry was the target of an assault by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown (1800-59).
