In Chatham, British North America (Canada) anti-slavery insurrectionist John Brown concludes a two-day secret conference with 46 other militant abolitionists on implementing plans of violently overthrowing slavery in the united States.

       [restored 2/26/2022]

Subsequent Events:

7/2/1858                   12/20/1858

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 152.

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