SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
JOHN BROWNS RAID
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Aftermath. Sixteen people were killed in the raid, including ten of Brown’s men. John Brown, Aaron Stevens, Edwin Coppoc, Shields Green, and John Copeland were taken to jail in Charles Town, Virginia, on October 19. Albert Hazlett and John Cook were subsequently captured and jailed with the others.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although the raid failed, it inflamed sectional tensions and raised the stakes for the 1860 presidential election. Brown’s raid helped make any further accommodation between North and South nearly impossible and thus became an important impetus of the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-3: -The main reason John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry failed was because the armory that he attacked was surrounded by a regiment. As a result, he was easily discovered by the soldiers patrolling the area. He was arrested and later executed.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ordering the Marines under his command to attack, the military men stormed John Brown’s Fort, taking all of the abolitionist fighters and their captives alive. In the end, John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry ended in failure.