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A Free Black Woman Writes to Imprisoned John Brown
In October 1859, a militant white abolitionist named John Brown led a small band of black and white anti-slavery fighters in a bold assault on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. Their goal was to capture a large store of weapons, [...]
A Love of Freedom and Right
Depending on where they stood on the slavery question, Americans viewed John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry as either a brilliant, if aborted, act of martyrdom for a noble cause, or a horrifying reminder of the potential for a slave uprising and an [...]
Tags: Civil War, John Brown
Item Type: Newspaper/Magazine
Historical Era: Antebellum America (1816-1860)