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What happened to John Brown after his October 1859 seizure of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry?
AHe escaped to Canada by the Underground Railroad
BHe was pardoned after northern protests
CHe died in the counterattack on the arsenal
DHe was tried and hanged on December 2, 1859
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. He was tried and hanged on December 2, 1859
1. Brown seized the federal arsenal with a few abolitionist extremists on the night of October 16, 1859.
2. Armed townsmen and militia counterattacked at dawn and took Brown and his surviving men prisoner.
3. He was tried for conspiracy, treason, and murder, and on December 2, 1859 he was hanged.
4. He died believing he had been an instrument in the hand of God, and zealots hailed him as a martyr.
_Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 5 "Sectional Conflict"_
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