Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was a major event in the lead-up to the American Civil War. It highlighted the growing tensions between the North and the South over the issue of slavery, and it helped to radicalize many people on both sides of the issue. Brown's raid also played a role in the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860, and it is considered by many historians to be the beginning of the Civil War.
One of Robespierres admirers, he actively participated in the Terror. Conventional then member of the General Security Committee in 1793. He was a representative on mission to the armies of Sambre-et-Meuse and of the Rhine alongside Saint-Just, to galvanize the troops. Arrested at the same time as h
The Governor of Bombay was shaken after reading the letter of Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi. He got an idea of the power of Sardar Patel. He also understood why all the government tactics to thwart the movement were proving to be in vain. The fierce form that Bardoli Satyagraha had assumed was not a
Jeanne Barret, whose name is sometimes spelled Baret or Baré (1740 – 1807) was a botanist and explorer, considered the first woman to circumnavigate the globe. Philibert Commerson Daughter of Jeanne Pochard and Jean Barret, a peasant, Jeanne Barret was born on July 27, 1740 in the village of La Co
He was born in 1766 in the south of England into a wealthy family. His father is close to the philosophers David Hume and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. After studying at Jesus College in Cambridge, he became an Anglican pastor. He noted the increase in poverty and in 1798 published his Essay on the princip