He had been ready in 1858 to launch his war -- he had both the men and the ... He rented a farm in Maryland, across the Potomac River from Harpers Ferry. Here he assembled his arms and waited ...

But the civil rights movement ... arsenal at Harpers Ferry that propelled the nation closer to civil war. Newscom John Brown and many of his followers waited in a fire engine house for ...

ISBN: 1611215978 John Brown and the Coming of the Civil War John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry amplified North / South tensions ... pinning him and his band down in the Engine House of the arsenal on ...

On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia ... first outlined his plan to Douglass to lead a war to free slaves. Brown moved to the black ...

If you’re a US history buff, you’ll love the historic buildings and historical significance as a location of both a Civil War ... as the Harpers Ferry Armory fire engine and guard house.

As a vital early American town, Harpers Ferry has been the site of ... s abolitionist raid in 1859, a key Civil War battlefield, and the meeting place for the Niagara Movement, a 1906 gathering of ...