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MAKE A MEME View Large Image Demand for the Surrender of John Brown and his Party (at Harper's Ferry) - NARA - 300373.jpg Scope and content The destruction of slavery in the United States was the driving ambition of abolitionist John Brown He came to believe that it ...

Demand for the Surrender of John Brown and his Party (at Harper's Ferry) - NARA - 300373.jpg Scope and content The destruction of slavery in the United States was the driving ambition of abolitionist John Brown He came to believe that it ...

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Keywords: Robert E. Lee's Demand for the Surrender of John Brown and his Party (at Harper's Ferry) - NARA - 300373.jpg Scope and content The destruction of slavery in the United States was the driving ambition of abolitionist John Brown He came to believe that it would take bloodshed to root out the evil of slavery and by the mid-1850's he dedicated himself to an all-out war for slave liberation On October 16 1859 he and his army of some 20 men seized the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry Virginia now West Virginia By the morning of October 18 Marines under the command of Bvt Col Robert E Lee stormed the building and captured Brown and the survivors of his party When Brown refused to unconditionally accept the terms of this note Lee gave this order to storm the building General notes Letters Received Main Series File W-386 Box 857 Exhibit History American Originals December 1996 - December 1997 National Archives Rotunda Washington DC 624 0052 300373 Local identifier War Department The Adjutant General's Office 03/04/1907 - 09/18/1947 Archives I Reference Section Textual Archives Services Division NWCT1R National Archives Building 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20408 1859-10-18 Record group Record Group 94 Records of the Adjutant General's Office 1762 - 1984 Record group ARC 423 Letters Received compiled 1805 - 1889 Series ARC 300368 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWCTB-94-CORRPI17E12-W386 1859 1<br /> NAIL Control Number NWDT1-94-CORR-PI17E12-W386 1859 1 Other versions <gallery> File Robert_E _Lee's_Demand_for_the_Surrender_of_John_Brown_and_his_Party_ at_Harper's_Ferry _-_NARA_-_300373 tif tif File Robert_E _Lee's_Demand_for_the_Surrender_of_John_Brown_and_his_Party_ at_Harper's_Ferry _-_NARA_-_300373 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov 1859 letters Robert Edward Lee John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry