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Attorney Brian McGinty recounts the trial of abolitionist John Brown who led an attack on the U.S. armory and arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia on October 16, 1859. Brown, who led twenty-one men in the attack, intended to foment a slave rebellion in Virginia. Following his capture Brown went to trial and was hanged in Charles Town, Virgina on December 2, 1859. Mr. McGinty discusses the John Brown trial from the court house where it took place in Charles Town, West Virgina.