<span> slavery. They tried to admit states two at a time, one a slave state and one not allowing slavery. </span>
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (also known as John Brown's raid or The raid on Harpers Ferry) was an effort by white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859. He attacked and captured the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
The reason why people risk their lives to fight against the world's super power was because of the reason that they want to have their freedom and to be able to get and achieve the rights in which they think that they truly deserves.