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A detailed, well written account of the October 1859 raid on the U.S. Armory at Harper’s Ferry which some believe signaled the beginning of the American Civil War 1861-1865. John Brown’s crusade against slavery culminated at the raid and led his eulogist Wendell Phillips to declare,
“History will date Virginia Emancipation from Harper’s Ferry. True, the slave is still there. So, when the tempest uproots a pine on your hills, it looks green for months - a year or two. Still, it is timber, not a tr ...more
“History will date Virginia Emancipation from Harper’s Ferry. True, the slave is still there. So, when the tempest uproots a pine on your hills, it looks green for months - a year or two. Still, it is timber, not a tr ...more
