Into The WestJohn BrownHarpers FerryHouse DividedPeople Of InterestAfrican DiasporaThomas JeffersonInteresting HistoryNative American HistoryOctober 16, 1859Abolitionist John Brown leads 18 men in an attack on the Harpers Ferry armory. The raid to seize the weapons failed and Brown was captured, tried, and hung. At his trial, Brown said: “Now,…
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