A New York Correspondent seeks information from both the North and South in order to understand the reasons leading up to Civil War. He discovers that six men have conspired to finance a renegade religious fanatic named John Brown. Brown raids a Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. This Docu-drama is based on a true story as told by a ficticious character.—Anonymous

This docu-drama tells the important true story of the "Boston Six" Conspiracy. Six men from Boston, Massachusetts hatch a financial assistance plot to help notorious religious fanatic John Brown of Kansas. Brown and his followers attacked a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia in 1859. This incident lead directly to the opening events starting the American Civil War. The raid failed and Brown was hanged. Brown's death gave urgency to the cause of Anti-Slavery forces. Brown's actions stirred the hearts of Northerners, those wanting to end slavery in the South.—Tom O'Mary

Six Harvard educated men of wealth and stature, resolve to stop slavery in the volatile atmosphere of pre-civil war United States. Samuel Howe, Thomas Higginson, Garrett Smith, plot to finance fanatic abolishionist and renegade John Brown. John Brown's raid set off a series of catastrophic events which lead directly to Civil War, Charles Remwell is a New York magazine correspondent.—Anonymous