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ONE HUNDRED FIFTY YEARS AGO, ON OCTOBER 16, 1859, A BAND OF 21 ARMED BLACK AND WHITE MEN, LED BY ABOLITIONIST JOHN BROWN, ATTACKED THE FEDERAL ARMORY IN HARPERS FERRY VIRGINIA, INTENDING TO CAPTURE WEAPONS TO CARRY OUT A WAR AGAINST SLAVERY. THEY CAPTURED THE TOWN UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER WHEN A FORCE OF U.S. MARINES LED BY COLONEL ROBERT E. LEE CAPTURED THE FORT HELD BY THE REBELS. JOHN BROWN WAS HANGED ON DECEMBER 2, 1859, AND HIS LAST WORDSâ¦.
âI, JOHN BROWN, AM NOW QUITE CERTAIN THAT THE CRIMES OF THIS GUILTY LAND WILL NEVER BE PURGED AWAY BUT WITH BLOOD."
â¦.FORESHADOWED THE VIOLENCE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, WHICH BROKE OUT 18 MONTHS LATER.
THIS PAST THURSDAY, IN NEWARK, THE PEOPLEâS ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS INVITED PR. WILLIAM SALES, FROM SETON HALL UNIVERSITY TO SPEAK ON THE OCCASION OF THE ANNIVERSARY ABOUT THE LEGACY OF JOHN B ROWN. WBAI FRED NGUYEN WAS THERE AND FILES THIS REPORT:
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