SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
TENSION OVER SLAVERY IN THE 1850S
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captured
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convicted of treason
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hanged
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viewed as a hero in the South
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Detailed explanation-1: -Brown was tried for treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, the murder of five men, and inciting a slave insurrection . He was found guilty of all charges and was hanged on December 2, 1859, the first person executed for treason in the history of the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -On the evening of October 16, 1859 John Brown, a staunch abolitionist, and a group of his supporters left their farmhouse hide-out en route to Harpers Ferry. Descending upon the town in the early hours of October 17th, Brown and his men captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and arsenal.