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John Brown's Fort in Harpers Ferry
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Description: John Brown's Fort (the engine house) from John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry. Brown led a group of 21 men in a raid on the Arsenal on October 16, 1859 in order to initiate a slave uprising throughout the South. The raid was unsuccessful but was a catalyst for the Civil War.
Source: Charles Carleton Coffin Drum-Beat of the Nation (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1915) 20
Keywords: John Brown, abolitionist, slavery, Pottawatomie Massacre, Bleeding Kansas, Harpers Ferry, John Brown's Fort,
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