He wasn't just violent for violence's sake, or to exact retribution against someone he hated. He was a man with a specific plan (more viable than is generally appreciated) to overthrow the entire slave system.
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Exactly. Harper’s Ferry had no chance, I don’t think, of sparking a generalized slave revolt. But it did help usher on the Civil War more quickly which was the only remedy which could possibly eradicate slavery.
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