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Southern Democracy and the Civil War
In 18 59, radical abolitionist john brown led a botched raid on the federal armory at harper's ferry, virginia. Brown was hanged for treason for trying to seize weapons and launch a massive slave rebellion. Radical southern fire eaters saw him as a traitor who could not be counted on to protect slavery because of his freeport doctrine. In april 18 60, the conflict between northern and southern democrats came to a head at the party convention in charleston. Secessionist fever burned through the city, threatening to split the party and country in half.
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