John Brown’s raid of 1859

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abolitionist action armed insurrection raid

John Brown’s raid of 1859 was an armed abolitionist attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry intended to spark a slave uprising in the United States.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry	3
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry	3
Harpers Ferry raid	1
John Brown’s 1859 raid on the federal armory	1
John Brown’s raid	1
John Brown’s raiders	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abolitionist action ⓘ armed insurrection ⓘ raid ⓘ
aftermath	John Brown ⓘ surface form: John Brown became a martyr figure for many Northern abolitionists
alsoKnownAs	John Brown’s raid of 1859 ⓘ surface form: Harpers Ferry raid John Brown’s raid of 1859 ⓘ surface form: John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry
casualties	U.S. Marines and militia members killed or wounded ⓘ civilians killed ⓘ multiple raiders killed ⓘ
category	1859 in the United States ⓘ American abolitionist movement ⓘ surface form: Abolitionism in the United States Slave rebellions in North America ⓘ
commander	John Brown ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1859-10-16 ⓘ
endDate	1859-10-18 ⓘ
executionDateOfLeader	1859-12-02 ⓘ
historicalContext	occurred in the antebellum period of United States history ⓘ
ideology	abolitionism ⓘ
intendedStrategy	distribute weapons to enslaved people ⓘ
keyMilitaryResponder	United States Marines under Robert E. Lee ⓘ
leader	John Brown ⓘ
legalConsequence	John Brown convicted of treason, murder, and inciting slave insurrection ⓘ John Brown tried for treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
location	Harpers Ferry, West Virginia ⓘ surface form: Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States
memorials	commemorated at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park ⓘ
method	armed seizure of a federal armory ⓘ
notableParticipant	Dangerfield Newby ⓘ John Henry Kagi ⓘ Lewis Sheridan Leary ⓘ Osborne Perry Anderson ⓘ Owen Brown ⓘ
numberOfParticipants	about 21 raiders ⓘ
objective	to incite a slave uprising in the Southern United States ⓘ to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry ⓘ
opposedBy	United States Marine Corps ⓘ surface form: United States Marines United States government ⓘ local militia ⓘ
participantsIncluded	Black abolitionists ⓘ white abolitionists ⓘ
relatedTo	American Civil War ⓘ American abolitionist movement ⓘ history of slavery in the United States ⓘ
result	capture of John Brown ⓘ execution of John Brown ⓘ failure of the raid ⓘ
significance	contributed to the coming of the American Civil War ⓘ heightened sectional tensions between North and South ⓘ
target	John Brown’s Fort ⓘ surface form: United States federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry

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Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia → hasHistoricEvent → John Brown’s raid of 1859 ⓘ

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Jefferson County, West Virginia → hasHistoricEventAssociation → John Brown’s raid of 1859 ⓘ

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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia → involvedInConflict → John Brown’s raid of 1859 ⓘ

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Antebellum period → significantEvent → John Brown’s raid of 1859 ⓘ

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John Brown’s Fort → significantEvent → John Brown’s raid of 1859 ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia → siteOf → John Brown’s raid of 1859 ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Brown’s 1859 raid on the federal armory

United States federal armory (historical) → siteOf → John Brown’s raid of 1859 ⓘ

subject surface form: United States federal armory at Harpers Ferry

this entity surface form: John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry