USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -John Brown sought revenge for the Sack of Lawrence by murdering five proslavery men near the banks of the Pottawatomie Creek. Wikimedia Commons image. Event Summary: Date: May 24-25, 1856.

Detailed explanation-2: -On October 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown and several followers seized the United States Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry. The actions of Brown’s men brought national attention to the emotional divisions concerning slavery.

Detailed explanation-3: -John Brown. 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, Virginia.

Detailed explanation-4: -John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist leader. First reaching national prominence for his radical abolitionism and fighting in Bleeding Kansas, he was eventually captured and executed for a failed incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry preceding the American Civil War.