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What was John Brown’s goal at Harper’s Ferry?

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John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

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To attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroyed the institution of slavery
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