aug 30, 1859 - Harpers' Ferry (1859)
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Harpers Ferry witnessed the first successful application of interchangeable manufacture, the arrival of the first successful American railroad, John Brown's attack on slavery, the largest surrender of Federal troops during the Civil War, and the education of formerly enslaved people in one of the earliest integrated ..Added to timeline:
Date:
aug 30, 1859
Now
~ 165 years ago