TERM: John Brown /Harper's Ferry (scroll down for definition)

Definition for: John Brown / Harper's Ferry

1859 raid on the federal arsenal. Brown, and a few followers, attempted to fuel a larger rebellion. It didn't happen. Brown got holed up in a firehouse, and was later captured by the Federal Army. After he was hung, he was hailed as a martyr in the North, and a terrorist in the South. Other slave rebellions to know:

Denmark Vesey - 1822 - failed plot in South Carolina, Vesey and others were executed.

Nat Turner - 1831 -  violent rebellion in Virginia that led to almost 200 deaths (black and white).

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