Harper's Ferry
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4 mentions
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first heard Apr 2023
last heard 25 Jul
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Site of John Brown’s 1859 raid on a federal armory
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentGlenn BeckThe Glenn Beck Program · Bleeding Kansas to Harpers Ferry: John Brown's Radical Crusa... · 41:53 · 25 Jul
…If you had stood in the small town of Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1859, you might have thought it was one of the strangest places in America to start a revolution because Harpers Ferry didn't look like a battlefield.…
John HopkinsShort History Of... · The American Civil War (Part One of Two) · 16:17 · 5 Apr
…And, in October 1859, Brown puts that belief into action when he leads a small armed raid on a Federal weapons reserve at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.…
American History HitFrederick Douglass: Civil War to Statesman · 3:45 · Feb 2025
…So, when we last spoke, we were approaching the events leading up to the vigilante attack, John Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry. How well did Douglas know about John Brown and was he tempted to take part in that?…
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