When it comes to John Brown’s raid, nothing is black and white
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In 1859, the abolitionist John Brown led a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) to initiate an armed slave revolt. Although the uprising only lasted 36 hours and ended with him and his men taken prisoner, killed or forced to flee, it still captures the imagination. Mieke Bleeker travelled to Harpers Ferry and learned about the many layers of the story and the different perspectives on the raid.
