A Cause of the Civil War
John Brown Raid
- an abolitionist, his entire family was against slavery
- fathered 20 children and one black child
- he moved to the Kansas territory after his 5 sons in 1855 and fought for slavery for the rest of the year
- On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
- John Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859 for treason
A picture of John Brown (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2954b.html)
John Brown Holds Hostage at Bay with Rifle (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h1545b.html)
A sketch of the Harpers Ferry, Virginia (http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-8867)