diverse band of twenty-two men attempted to seize control of the United States arsenal and armory... more diverse band of twenty-two men attempted to seize control of the United States arsenal and armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. It was the first dramatic step in a grandiose yet ill-fated plan to foment slave insurrection throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains of the South. Led by the monomaniacal, radical abolitionist John Brown, the invasionary force counted among its ranks a fugitive slave, four free blacks, two Quaker brothers and numerous veterans of "Bleeding Kansas."
diverse band of twenty-two men attempted to seize control of the United States arsenal and armory... more diverse band of twenty-two men attempted to seize control of the United States arsenal and armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. It was the first dramatic step in a grandiose yet ill-fated plan to foment slave insurrection throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains of the South. Led by the monomaniacal, radical abolitionist John Brown, the invasionary force counted among its ranks a fugitive slave, four free blacks, two Quaker brothers and numerous veterans of "Bleeding Kansas."
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