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How did John Brown’s raid lead to the Civil War?

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Abolitionist John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt and destroy the institution of slavery. ... As early as 1848 he was formulating a plan to incite an insurrection.

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