Question

In the 1850s, John Brown raided

Harper's Ferry in order to
A. free slaves
B. get weapons
C. kill the president

Answer 1

B, John Brown raided the Harper's Ferry armory in order to get weapons.

Answer 2

I think is A.

Step-by-step explanation:

As a response to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act Brown founded the League of Gileadites, a militant group to prevent the capture of fugitive slaves. The Harper’s Ferry raid His radicalization led him to a plan to recruit an army of 50 to 100 guerrilla fighters to attack slaveholders in Virginia and Maryland.