18 oct. 1859 - John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
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white Abolitionist John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery.
attack was brutal, failed anyway, they were executed
kinda like last straw for south
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