History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 2008 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Raid Failed
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The idea
Brown hoped to arm an uprising and found few enslaved people nearby, and townspeople attacked his party in the engine house.
In practice
Federal troops under Colonel Robert E. Lee capturing them within days.
Where people slip
Virginia hanged Brown on December second for treason. Note who commanded the troops, and note that no uprising took place at all.
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