John Brown Attacks Harpers Ferry

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John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry - Wikipedia

From October 16th to 18th, 1859, American abolitionist John Brown attempted to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by raiding an armory [nb 1] in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). The raid is frequently cited as one of the primary causes of the American Civil War. [3]: 5

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Harpers Ferry Raid | Date, Significance, John Brown, & Facts - Britannica

Harpers Ferry Raid was an 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's Raid on Harpers Ferry - World History Encyclopedia

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry failed, and all the participants were killed in action or later executed. It succeeded, however, in making Brown a martyr for the anti-slavery cause and increasing tensions between the North and South, leading up to the American Civil War.

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John Brown's Raid - U.S. National Park Service

On July 3, 1859, Brown arrived in Harpers Ferry, accompanied by his sons, Oliver and Owen, and Jeremiah Anderson. In the preceding months, Brown raised money from other abolitionists and ordered weapons — pikes and guns — to be used in his war against slavery.

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John Brown’s Harpers Ferry - HISTORY

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).

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John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid - American Battlefield Trust

John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid On the evening of October 16, 1859 John Brown, a staunch abolitionist, and a group of his supporters left their farmhouse hide-out en route to Harpers Ferry.

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What really happened at Harper’s Ferry? - The John Brown Project

John Brown’s 1859 raid on Harper’s Ferry wasn’t a rebellion—it was an effort to disrupt slavery’s logistics, create a base for self-emancipation, and draw national attention to the horrors of bondage.

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Revisiting John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

In the 1950s, local members of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, known as Colored Elks, or Black Elks, bought the remote Maryland farm where John Brown and his men staged their ill-fated raid on Harpers Ferry.

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Chapter 14: John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

After months of planning, in the late evening of October 16, 1859, radical abolitionist John Brown and his followers attacked the federal armory, arsenal, and rifle factory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

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Chapter 241: John Brown’s “Army” Attacks Harper’s Ferry

It is Lt. Green who attacks John Brown, stabbing and slashing him repeated, but with an officer’s sword rather than a more lethal cavalry saber. Thus instead of dying on the scene, Brown survives.