oct 2, 1859 - John Brown at Harpers Ferry
Description:
-Brown was an abolitionist that led heavily armed white and black men in a raid on a federal arsenal-he hoped to arm slaves with arsenal's weapons and mount a major rebellion to end slavery
-raid was a failure
-Republicans denounced Brook's plot
-Democrats blamed Republicans
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Date:
oct 2, 1859
Now
~ 165 years ago