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16. John Brown led a raid against Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859 for which of these purposes?

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On October 16, 1859, John Brown led a small army of 18 men into the small town of Harper's Ferry, Virginia. His plan was to instigate a major slave rebellion in the South.

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