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Why did a group of abolitionists attack Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859?
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Why did a group of abolitionists attack Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859?

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They wanted to arm enslaved workers using the town's armory. They wanted to create a place of safe refuge for fugitive slaves.

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