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What is john brown’s raid

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John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. It has been called the dress rehearsal for or Tragic Prelude to the Civil War

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John was an abolitionist which means who thinks slavery should be illegal. John Brown went in the south to many southern families who had families and killed them, he was eventually captured and hanged

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