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John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry: The Secret Six and the Network That Funded Rebellion
• John Brown’s 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry was not the act of a lone radical. Behind the attempted insurrection stood a group of wealthy abolitionists known as the Secret Six, who provided money, planning support, and political backing. The raid failed militarily, but it exposed a deeper truth: resistance required financing. Harpers Ferry reveals how geography, ideology, and private wealth converged in one of the most explosive moments before the Civil War.
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