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Brown took slaves to Harper's Ferry where there was an arsenal of weapons that he gave to slaves to start a slave rebellion. He was also responsible for bloody atrocities in "Bloody Kansas," prior to that.

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John Brown participated in raids against slavery in Harpers Ferry and Kansas. John Brown was an abolitionist from New York who was a key player in Bleeding Kansas. Afterwords, he traveled to Virginia to fight against slavery at Harpers Ferry.

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He was an extreme Abolitionist, who tried to arm the slaves for a nationwide rebellion.

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