History of the United States . the southerners in later times, feared loss of political power andlegislation inimical to local interests. The tariff was lowered in , immediately after which there arose in north-ern manufacturing communities a strong demand for the former high demand found expression in fresh protective tariff legislation early in 1S61. 2C0 ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES BUCHANAN upon the South, and a concerted effort by some of the aboUtioniststo organize a general insurrection among the slaves of the southernStates. The active leader of this movement was John Brown,
History of the United States . the southerners in later times, feared loss of political power andlegislation inimical to local interests. The tariff was lowered in , immediately after which there arose in north-ern manufacturing communities a strong demand for the former high demand found expression in fresh protective tariff legislation early in 1S61. 2C0 ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES BUCHANAN upon the South, and a concerted effort by some of the aboUtioniststo organize a general insurrection among the slaves of the southernStates. The active leader of this movement was John Brown,already notorious for deeds of violence in Kansas. He passedUnited through western Maryland and selected Harpers Ferry States arse- . ^^. . , . ^ . ^_. , , ^ nai at Harp- m Virgmia as his pomt of mvasion. He brought armsseized of various kinds, including iron pikes, for the arming of a thousand or more slaves. After first killing a negro porter who re-fused to join them, Brown, with his sons and associates, on the night.
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