Bleeding Kansas was the progression of rough encounters in Kansas, and the different towns of Missouri, taking place after the death of the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act. The conflict with Bleeding Kansas included clashes between anti and pro slavery aggressor activists from 1854-1861 that achieved a condition of a low force common war. The outskirt war known as Bleeding Kansas was a vital indicate that drove the street to the American Civil war.
The John Brown raid on Harper's Ferry took place on October 16, 1859 in the town of Harper's Ferry in Virginia. The anti-slavery group led an army of 21 armed men to seize weapons and ammunition from a federal armory at Harper's Ferry, enough to equip an army, and then lead a slave rebellion in the South.