 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana October 16, 1859 murwi anorwisana nouranda John Brown akaedza kunyandura kupandukira varanda paHarpers Ferry. Brown, uyo akaurayiwa muna December, aionekwa somunhu akafira kutenda uye gamba nevanorwisa kurambidzwa kwairambidzwa basa rokubata chibharo, pakati pavo paiva naHarriet Jacobs, uyo akawedzera mashoko okuremekedza Brown sechitsauko chokupedzisira chebhuku rake. Ipapo akatumira manyoro acho kuvaparidzi Phillips naSamson muBoston. Vakanga vakagadzirira kuibudisa pasi pomugariro wokuti kana kuti Nathaniel Parker Willis kana kuti Harriet Beecher Stowe aizogovera mashoko okutanga. Jacobs akanga asingadi kubvunza Willis, uyo akanga ane maonero okuramba uranda, asi akabvunza Stowe, uyo akaramba. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, vaparidzi vakakundikana, nokudaro vachivhiringidza kuedza kwechipiri kwaJacobs kwokupirinda nyaya yake. 