Five Black Men Raided Harpers Ferry With John Brown. They’ve Since Been Forgotten by History
Subject
John Brown; Harpers Ferry; The Civil War
Description
On Sunday evening, on Oct. 16, 1859, it was chilly and damp when abolitionist John Brown climbed onto a horse-drawn wagon for the five-mile ride down a dark country road to Harpers Ferry. There he and his small band of men would seize the town and its federal arsenal in a futile attempt to foment a slave rebellion and bring down the South’s “peculiar institution” of slavery.
Creator
Eugene L. Meyer
Source
Publisher
washingtonpost.com
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