SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
START OF THE CIVIL WAR
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Question
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to capture the US arsenal
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to burn down the town
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to kill lots of people
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to live there
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Detailed explanation-1: -Abolitionist John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in an attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -John brown dedicated his life to the abolition of slavery; for him, any means used to achieve this goal were justified. He was prepared to kill or be killed in this effort, a decisive break with the nonviolent reisistance embraced by most abolitionists at that time.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Brown wanted to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry so that he could get weapons to give to local slaves in hopes of starting a slave uprising. His plan was to kill or take captive southerners who stood in his way.