An Interesting Bit of History

John Brown, of Harpers Ferry fame, was close friends with former slave, Frederick Douglass and tried to convince Douglass to join him on his attempt to raid Harpers Ferry in Virginia. The idea was that Brown and his men would raid the arms depot at Harpers Ferry to supply freed and escaped slaves with weapons to begin a second American Revolution in which all slaves would be freed by force Brown was subsequently charged with treason and murder and was hanged for his crimes.

I can't even imagine how different things would have been if Douglass had gone with Brown.