{"id":467,"date":"2016-03-29T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=326"},"modified":"2022-05-16T10:20:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T14:20:48","slug":"john-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=467","title":{"rendered":"John Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the summer of 1859, as the country was rapidly coming apart over the issue of slavery, a man slipped into the Appalachian town of Harper\u2019s Ferry, Virginia under an assumed name and began preparing to spark a massive slave revolt. In the end, what was waiting for John Brown was not a revolution but an hanging. <\/p>\n

Brown’s actions are seen as the first act of the American Civil War.<\/p>\n

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