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oct 16, 1859 - John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry

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John Brown led a raid on the United States Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, in order to arm a violent slave revolt. Was stopped by 88 US Marines and Virginia Militiamen. Representative of just how split the country was over slavery

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Antebellum America and Sectionalism

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oct 16, 1859
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~ 166 years ago

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