1 ene 1859 año - John Brown's Raid
on Harper's Ferry
Descripción:
- John Brown was a well established anti-slavery radical, with a past of taking violence against pro-slavery opponents
- Led his followers to seize a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry (VA), hoping to start a rebellion
- He was hanged for the raid, and so many Northern abolitionists viewed him as a martyr
- The raid confirmed Southerner's worst fears of abolitionists trying to start a mass slave insurrection
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1 ene 1859 año
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