John Brown led attacks on pro-slavry people in Kansas.he lso made plans to attack slave owners in Virginia.

 
John Brown, a staunch abolitionist, and a group of his supporters left their farmhouse hide-out en route to Harpers Ferry.

 
Brown's trial resulted in his conviction and a sentence of death by hanging.

 
Brown began to plan his slave rebellion. He would first take over the federal weapons arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

 
Brown's strange effort to start a rebellion was over less than 36 hours after it started; however, the consequences of his raid would last far longer.

 
After all, there were around 4 million slaves in the South. If all the slaves revolted at once, they could easily gain their freedom.

 
Brown was captured during the raid and later convicted of treason and hanged.

 
John Brown and his men stayed in this rented farmhouse in the days before the raid on Harper's Ferry.

 
Harpers Ferry was the target of an assault by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown.