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John Brown's Raid And The Secession Crisis
The American Civil War is considered as an event that was the culmination of several confrontations regarding the institution of slavery. The series of confrontations involved several people including John Brown and Abraham Lincoln. John Brown was an abolitionist who led a group of 21 men to capture the federal armory of Harpers Ferry (which is currently known as West Virginia). Together with these men, Brown's ultimate plan was to provoke an uprising against slavery across the nation. During the planning stage, Brown and his group disguised themselves as farmers and collected weapons. The group of 21 men comprised fugitive slaves, factory workers, farmers, and Brown's family members or relatives.
Even though Brown and his men ultimately seized the guard on the bridge to this town, the event was relatively unsuccessful. This is largely because the raid didn't last long as several raiders were killed despite Brown's refusal to surrender.[footnoteRef:2] However, in light of what is known regarding the centrality of slavery in causing the Civil War, John Brown's Ferry Raid was significant in triggering the Civil War. This raid was the beginning of when things started going downhill by crushing hopes that the divided nation could still compromise and prevaricate. It actually exposed the great divide between North and South and raised pertinent questions that culminated in the Civil War six years later. [2: Tony Horwitz, "The Harpers Ferry 'Rising' That Hastened Civil War,"...
This is primarily because Lincoln's election triggered secession, which highlighted the need for slavery to be purged from America. The secession highlighted the fact that moral persuasions and political institutions had failed to combat slavery and eventually resulted in the Civil War.
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The Civil War, which lasted between 1861 and 1865, was a war between Southern slave states and the Union i.e. the United States Federal government. The origin of the American Civil War can be traced back to 1861 when the Confederate forces launched an attack against a federal military system in South Carolina. The Civil War was characterized by a series of events in the subsequent years after the attack by the Confederate forces. One…
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