16h 47min, oct 16, 1859 y - John Brown's Raid
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A radical antislavery Northerner, John Brown, gathered his sons and attempted to rally up slaves to steal weapons from the federal arsenal. It was a whopping failure when no slaves showed up, his sons were killed, and he was captured. This caused a nationwide uproar.
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The Road To Civil War
Julia Fowlkes
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