| Description |
1 online resource (legal / business record). |
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Robert E. Lee anthology |
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Robert E. Lee anthology.
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BiblioBoard Core module.
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| Note |
Original document: Legal / Business Record. |
| Summary |
The destruction of slavery in the United States was the driving ambition of abolitionist John Brown. He came to believe that it would take bloodshed to root out the evil of slavery, and by the mid-1850's, he dedicated himself to an all-out war for slave liberation. On October 16, 1859, he and his "army" of some 20 men seized the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). By the morning of October 18, Marines under the command of Bvt. Col. Robert E. Lee, stormed the building and captured Brown and the survivors of his party. When Brown refused to unconditionally accept the terms of this note, Lee gave this order to storm the building. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
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United States. National Archives and Records Administration, curator.
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