"...I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land: Will never be purged away but with blood, I had as I now think: Vainly flattered that without very much bloodshed; it might be done...
....It can be said...it all started here..."

It was in this farmhouse that plans to raid the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry took place.
John Brown was hanged in 1859 at the age of 59 in Charles Town, WV.

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