John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry ...

On October 16, 1859, John Brown led 21 men on an assault at Harpers Ferry -- an event that shook the nation and [nudged it even closer toward civil war]. Among these raiders were five black men ...

"[T]o have interfered as I have done," he stated, ". . . in behalf of His despied poor, was not wrong, but right." John Brown was hanged one month later, on December 2, 1859.

During the summer of 1859, John Brown rented a farm in Maryland from the heirs of Booth Kennedy. A few miles outside Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), it was a good hiding spot for ...

John Brown hoped to end slavery when he raided a federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859. His plan failed, but he still changed the course of history. “You can weigh John Brown’s body well enough, but ...

John Brown's plan seemed fairly straightforward ... Brown also met with Frederick Douglass in August of 1859, when Brown told his friend of his intentions of seizing the federal arsenal at ...

ISBN: 1611215978 John Brown and the Coming of the Civil War John Brown ... The actual raid, on the night of October 16, 1859, began well. Brown's band of 22, including a couple of his sons and several ...

August 16, 1859 - John Brown arrives at clandestine meeting with Frederick Douglass. He tries to convince Douglass to join him at Harpers Ferry.

Harper's Weekly Illustration of U.S. Marines attacking the firehouse which John Brown used as a fort during his raid on Harper's Ferry. PD By the summer of 1859, Brown had finalized his plans.

A clandestine group of wealthy abolitionists, known as the "Secret Six," funded Brown, allowing him to raise a small army. On October 16, 1859, John Brown led 21 men on a raid of the federal ...