Denmark Vesey was sold first as a slave in 1781 to a Bermuda captain named Joseph Vesey ("Denmark Vesey" 1). Denmark assumed his master's surname and accompanied him on numerous voyages, and in 1783 Denmark settled with his owner in Charleston ("Denmark Vesey" 1). Denmark won a street lottery and he bought his own freedom ("Denmark Vesey" 1). He then became a carpenter and he had trouble working with all of the other white workers ("Denmark Vesey" 1). He was an educated man and he already knew of the great Haitian slave revolt of the 1790s ("Denmark Vesey" 1). He resented the continued enslavement of his children and his second class treatment on the job ("Denmark Vesey" 1). He was determined to do something about slavery and the overall treatment of African-Americans ("De

By the summer of 1859, John Brown had finalized his plans for attack. His target was the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia ("Harpers Ferry" 1). This town is surrounded by mountains and tucked in at the bottom of a ravine created by a pair of rivers ("Harpers Ferry" 1). The arsenal was a huge complex of buildings that contained 100,000 muskets and rifles ("Harpers Ferry" 1). Brown found and recruited 21 men to join him ("Harpers Ferry" 1). In a farm house a few miles outside of Harpers Ferry, the small army gathered and waited for the time to strike ("Harpers Ferry" 1). Brown was asked to postpone the launch, though, because one of his followers had threatened to reveal the plan ("John Brown" 1). So now in 1859 Brown had been in hiding for one year and he and his men were eager to attack ("Harpers Ferry" 1). Many of the men that he had recruited the previous year had changed their minds, moved away, or simply did not think that the plan would work ("John Brown" 1). Even Henry Highland Garnet, the radical abolitionist who advocated insurrection did not have faith in the plan ("John Brown" 1). Brown also met with Frederick Douglas in August of 1859, when Brown told his friend of his intentions and plans ("John Brown" 1). Douglas responded saying that Brown was making a grave mistake. "Your walking into a perfect steel trap that you will never walk out of alive." He told Brown ("John Brown" 2). On the evening of October 16, Brown gathered his men and together they set out for Harpers Ferry ("Harpers Ferry" 1). At first the raid went smoothly ("Harpers Ferry" 1). They cut telegraph wires, then easily captured the federal armory and arsenal, which was being defended by a lone watchman ("Harpers Ferry" 1). They rounded up hostages from the town, about 60 in total ("John Brown" 2). Then the problems began when a train approached town ("Harpers Ferry" 1). The baggage master ran to warn the passengers ("Harpers Ferry" 1). Brown's men shouted at him to halt, then fired and killed the fist victim of Harpers Ferry, a free black man. ("Harpers Ferry" 1). Then, bizarrely, Brown allowed the train to continue on its way ("Harpers Ferry" 1). News of his raid made its way to Washington by late mourning ("Harpers Ferry" 1). Farmers, militiamen, and shopkeepers took potshots down at Brown's men from the heights behind

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