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Why did John Brown belive his actions were right under the higher law

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His stated purpose was to steal weapons in an attempt to rally to his cause and arm both local slaves and abolitionist whites. He carried with him two documents denouncing slaveholders and emphasizing that citizenship should be guaranteed without respect to race or sex.
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