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e. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry [nb 1] was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia ). It has been called the dress rehearsal for, or tragic prelude to, the American Civil War.
John Brown (* 8. Dezember 1826 in Crathie, Schottland; † 27. März 1883 in Windsor Castle, England) war ein Diener der britischen Königin Victoria. Sein Verhältnis zu Victoria war Gegenstand zahlreicher Spekulationen und Verdächtigungen, zeitweise wurde Königin Victoria sogar als Mrs. Brown tituliert.
4. März 2010 · John Brown: Abolitionist Leader . Born in Connecticut in 1800 and raised in Ohio, John Brown came from a staunchly Calvinist and anti-slavery family. He spent much of his life failing at a variety ...
John Brown. Date of Birth - Death May 9, 1800 - December 2, 1859. Born in Torrington, Connecticut, John Brown belonged to a devout family with extreme anti-slavery views. He married twice and fathered twenty children. The expanding family moved with Brown throughout his travels, residing in Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York.
30. Sept. 2009 · John Brown's Raiders. Although the radical abolitionist assault on the U.S. armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry has gone down in history as John Brown’s Raid, the 59-year-old John Brown was accompanied by 21 others — 16 white men, three free blacks, one freed slave and one fugitive slave. Only five escaped the raid and its aftermath.
John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid. 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.
modifier Le raid de John Brown contre Harpers Ferry est une attaque armée menée par l' abolitionniste américain John Brown et une vingtaine de ses hommes contre l' arsenal fédéral alors situé à Harpers Ferry , alors en Virginie , en octobre 1859 . Prennent part à l'assaut ou à sa préparation directe trois fils de John Brown, Oliver , Owen et Watson Brown , mais aussi plusieurs de ses ...
