THE IMMIGRANT Bande Annonce Francaise VOST. Mini BIO - Mark Zuckerberg. Mini BIO - Bill Gates. Mini BIO - Stephen Hawking. POC pupil notion heroes. Mini BIO - Princess Diana. IHB: Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, and Freedom. Courtesy Indiana Division, Indiana State Library The sectional crisis, precipitated in large measure by the controversy over the "peculiar institution," culminated in late 1859 and 1860 with two epochal events: John Brown's raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry and Abraham Lincoln's nomination and election as president. Brown and his small, racially integrated band of men stormed the arsenal in mid-October, 1859, with the hope of securing arms and sparking a revolt by Virginia slaves. The ill-fated, almost suicidal raid was quickly put down, and Brown and several of his company were executed. In spite of the failure of his attempt, Brown's death served his cause well; abolitionists viewed him as a martyr, and as a new symbol for the movement.1 This was not everyone's view, however.
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