Which is an example of an early colonial history?

in 1859, brown and 21 of his followers attacked and occupied the federal arsenal in harper's ferry. their goal was to capture supplies and use them to arm a slave rebellion. brown was captured during the raid and later hanged, but not before becoming an anti-slavery icon. abolitionist and insurrectionist

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there is not all the infomation needed to answer this question.   we need the who was going, or we need to know what islands you are talking about.