The Pivotal Story Of John Brown, The Radical Abolitionist Behind The Harpers Ferry Raid
Determined to end slavery at any cost, militant abolitionist John Brown led the failed 1859 uprising at Harpers Ferry, Virginia — and helped push the nation toward the Civil War. Long before his failed maraud on Harpers Ferry , John Brown occupied a place all his own in the abolishment movement — and not just because he was white . After all , many white people in the United States counterbalance thralldom on purely moral grounds ....