John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry ...

"Had John Brown's raid not occurred, it is very possible that ... his preparation for real war," he says. "By 1859, when he raided Harpers Ferry, Brown was ready, in his own words, ‘to take ...

On October 16, 1859, John Brown led 21 men on an assault at Harpers ... Newby's wife was sold after the raid and moved farther to the south. Lewis Sheridan Leary also died at Harpers Ferry ...

He was tried for murder, treason, and inciting slave rebellion just one week after his capture and hanged six weeks after the raid. “Although dead,” says Frye, “Brown did not rest.” When John Brown ...

During the summer of 1859, John Brown rented a farm in Maryland from ... for Brown and his men as they prepared to launch their raid. Throughout the summer, men surreptitiously gathered at the ...

Harper's Weekly Illustration of U.S. Marines attacking the firehouse which John Brown used as a fort during his raid on Harper's Ferry. PD By the summer of 1859, Brown had finalized his plans.

ISBN: 1611215978 John Brown and the Coming of the Civil War John Brown ... and his movement to Harper's Ferry. The actual raid, on the night of October 16, 1859, began well. Brown's band of 22, ...

Visitors are greeted at a replica of John Brown's engine house and can explore various buildings, including a gift shop and a detailed historical map. The showcase features original Civil War ...

Brown was a son of prominent anti-slavery figure John Brown. His father was executed in December 1859 for leading a raid on the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry in Virginia to expand the Underground ...

John Brown is born in Torrington, Connecticut. His father, Owen, a strict Calvinist, hated slavery and believed that holding humans in bondage was a sin against God. 1812 The War of 1812 ...

On October 16, 1859, John Brown led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. His plan to arm slaves with the weapons he and his men seized from the arsenal was thwarted ...

John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry ...