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oct 16, 1859 - John Brown's Raid

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In 1859, abolitionist John Brown was responsible for one of the most important events that led to the American Civil War. On October 16, Brown led a group of twenty-one men on a raid of Harper's Ferry, Virginia.

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oct 16, 1859
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~ 166 years ago