 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.