: Paul Giamatti and FX are in the early stages of a
limited series on the spark that started the fire of the Civil War.
I’ve learned that Untitled John Brown Project, as it is currently
being called, traces the true story of the abolitionist’s
transformation from a lowly 50-year old farmer to a notorious
anti-slavery freedom fighter in Kansas and his famed 1859 raid
on Harper’s Ferry. The project is based on Tony Horwitz ’s 2011
book Midnight Rising which examines Brown’s attack on the
Virginia arsenal. Though ultimately unsuccessful, the raid, which started as an
attempt to launch an armed revolt against the forces of slavery in a politically
fraught America, is widely acknowledged as being an emotional tipping point
toward the South’s secession the following year. Defeated by Marines led by a
certain Col. Robert E. Lee, Brown was convicted and killed by hanging for his
part in the raid. Horwitz is a consultant on the project which is expected to be 6
to 8 hours in total.
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