LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE FIGHT TO END SLAVERY
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Independence Square
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Truman Corners
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Harper’s Ferry
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The Landing
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Detailed explanation-1: -On the morning of October 19, the soldiers overran Brown and his followers. Ten of his men were killed, including two of his sons. The wounded Brown was tried by the state of Virginia for treason and murder, and he was found guilty on November 2. The 59-year-old abolitionist went to the gallows on December 2, 1859.
Detailed explanation-2: -On December 2, 1859, abolitionist John Brown was hanged in Charles Town for treason for his raid on the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry six weeks earlier.
Detailed explanation-3: -On October 16, 1859, John Brown led a small army of 18 men into the small town of Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. His plan was to instigate a major slave rebellion in the South.
Detailed explanation-4: -On November 2 Brown was sentenced to hang on the gallows. All six of Brown’s captured men were tried and hanged. Five escaped. Brown was executed December 2, 1859.