{"id":4023,"date":"2026-10-16T20:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=4023"},"modified":"2026-10-16T11:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:54:36","slug":"john-browns-raid-on-harpers-ferry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=4023","title":{"rendered":"John Brown&#8217;s Raid on Harpers Ferry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ns8qMJIvQkA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>167 years ago this weekend, on the night of October 16, 1859, fiery abolitionist John Brown and his men set out toward Harpers Ferry and the federal armory located there.\u00a0 Brown had a vision of an expansive Appalachian mountain campaign to free Southern slaves and establish a free state for them, a strategy that slowly unraveled through delays, betrayal, and Brown\u2019s dismissal of a warning not to proceed from Frederick Douglass at a clandestine meeting the two had in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we tell the story of John Brown&#8217;s raid on Harpers Ferry, another one of the Stories of Appalachia.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to like, comment and subscribe on your favorite podcast app or on our YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3368\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4023-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" 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