Harpers Ferry

In the summer of 1859, John Brown led a group of twenty-one followers to Harpers Ferry Virginia. They raided a federal arsenal. Brown thought that many slaves would come to the arsenal. He was planning to give them weapons, and lead them in a revolt. He quickly gained control of the arsenal but there was no slave uprising because there were not that many slaves at Harpers Ferry. Instead, troops led by Robert E. Lee killed ten of the raiders and captured the rest, including John Brown. John Bro…