Question

What related
events preceded the raid on Harpers Ferry? in three sentences

Answer 1

Prior to the raid on Harpers Ferry in October 1859, tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions were escalating in the United States, notably manifested in violent conflicts such as "Bleeding Kansas." In the years leading up to the raid, abolitionist sentiment grew stronger, bolstered by figures like Frederick Douglass, and John Brown began to formulate his plan to incite a slave rebellion. Additionally, the debate over the expansion of slavery into new territories heightened national divisions, as seen in the contentious passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854.