Harper's Ferry
Abolitionist raid location
Harper's Ferry is a town in West Virginia at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, known primarily as the site of John Brown's 1859 raid on a federal armory.
Brown's failed attempt to seize weapons and spark a slave uprising became a flashpoint before the Civil War.
The town changed hands repeatedly during the war and is now a national historical park.
- John BrownRadical antislavery insurrectionist
- John Brown's raidFailed slave uprising spark
- ArsenalNorth London football club
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- Potomac RiverMid-Atlantic tidal waterway
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