John Brown's raid in 1859

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_Brown's_raid_in_1859
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath John Brown tried and executed for treason
increased polarization over slavery
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:John_Brown's_raid_on_Harpers_Ferry
gptkbp:casualties 1 U.S. Marine killed
10 of Brown's men killed
17 people killed
6 civilians killed
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Robert_E._Lee_(U.S._Marines)
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Harpers_Ferry_National_Historical_Park
gptkbp:date October 16–18, 1859
gptkbp:goal initiate an armed slave revolt
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Brown's raid in 1859
gptkbp:leader gptkb:John_Brown
gptkbp:location gptkb:Harpers_Ferry,_Virginia_(now_West_Virginia)
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:United_States_Marines
local militia
gptkbp:participants John Brown's followers
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Underground_Railroad
gptkb:Abolitionism_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:result failure
capture of John Brown
execution of John Brown
gptkbp:significance increased tensions leading to the American Civil War
gptkbp:target gptkb:United_States_federal_armory_at_Harpers_Ferry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harpers_Ferry_Armory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6