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Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
By Tony Horwitz
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Late on the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown launched a surprise raid on the slaveholding South. Leading a biracial band of militant idealists, he seized the massive armory at Harpers Ferry, freed and armed slaves, and vowed to liberate every bondsman in America.
Brown's daring strike sparked a sa…
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