John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (1859)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_Brown's_raid_on_Harpers_Ferry_(1859)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath	John Brown tried and executed heightened Southern fears of slave insurrection increased abolitionist sentiment in the North
gptkbp:casualties	10 raiders killed 7 people executed (including John Brown) several civilians and soldiers killed
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:Robert_E._Lee_(U.S._Marines)
gptkbp:date	October 16–18, 1859
gptkbp:goal	initiate a slave revolt
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (1859)
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:John_Brown
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Harpers_Ferry,_Virginia_(now_West_Virginia),_United_States
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Owen_Brown gptkb:John_Anthony_Copeland_Jr. gptkb:Watson_Brown gptkb:Dangerfield_Newby gptkb:Edwin_Coppoc gptkb:John_E._Cook gptkb:Lewis_Sheridan_Leary gptkb:Osborne_Perry_Anderson gptkb:Shields_Green gptkb:William_H._Leeman
gptkbp:notableQuote	"I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood."
gptkbp:numberOfRaiders	22
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:United_States_Marines local townspeople local militia Virginia state militia
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:American_Civil_War gptkb:Underground_Railroad gptkb:Bleeding_Kansas gptkb:Slavery_in_the_United_States gptkb:Abolitionism_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:result	failure increased tensions leading to the American Civil War John Brown captured several raiders killed or captured
gptkbp:significance	precursor to the American Civil War
gptkbp:target	gptkb:United_States_federal_armory
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Harpers_Ferry,_Virginia,_United_States_(now_West_Virginia)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7