VOA慢速英语 美国历史系列:布朗在哈普斯渡口发动袭击
American History Series: The Story of John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
美国历史系列:约翰·布朗在哈普斯渡口发动袭击
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English.
One day in October of eighteen fifty-nine, Americans were shocked by news of an attack led by John Brown. He was an antislavery extremist. Many people also considered him a madman.
John Brown
John Brown had declared that he was ready to die fighting slavery. He said that God wanted him to fight slavery by invading Virginia with a military force. And even if the rebellion failed, he predicted that it would lead to a civil war between the North and the South. Should there be a war, he said, the North would break the chains of black slaves.
Brown decided to strike at Harpers Ferry, a small town about one hundred kilometers from Washington. It was part of Virginia at that time, but is now located in the state of West Virginia. It had a factory that made guns for the army and a supply center of valuable military equipment. Brown wanted the guns and equipment for the slave army he hoped to organize.
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