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John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry Was John Brown a Freedom Fighter or a Terrorist? With the goal of seizing weapons and launching a slave revolt, abolitionist John Brown led a violent raid at the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in October 1859. Was Brown a freedom fighter or a terrorist?
Slave Resistance Should Virginia Abolish Slavery After the Nat Turner Revolt? Nat Turner launched a slave insurrection in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831 that killed almost 60 whites before it dissolved. The massacre prompted the most intense debate over the future of slavery in any southern legislature.
Underground Railroad Morally Justified Response to Slavery or Illegal Venture? Prior to the Civil War (1861-65), which ended slavery in the U.S., hundreds of slaves escaped to the free North every year with the help of the Underground Railroad. Was the creation of the Railroad a justified response to the institution of slavery? Or did it violate the Constitution and federal law, both of which recognized the right of slave owners to recover runaway slaves?