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Bringing the prisoners out of the engine house at Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry, also known as John Brown's raid, was led by abolitionist John Brown after leaving Kansas Territory. Leading a raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia from October 16-19, 1859, Brown's mission was to gain weapons to arm enslaved people. Brown was caught and hanged as a martyr for the abolitionist cause. This illustration represents this raid.
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