Beginning Date
Sunday, October 16, 1859
Starting Point
Description
On October 16, 1859, John Brown and his men raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia intended to raise an insurrection among the enslaved population and strike blow toward a general revolution against slavery. Yet at first, many newspapers identified the effort as an attempted slave stampede.
Escape Attributes
Escape Numbers
100
Outcomes
Outcome
Violence
Recapture/Death
Sources
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