Anti slavery abolitionist John Brown hoped to start a slave revolt in the South. He and his friends raided and took control of a Federal armory in Harper's Ferry Virginia. There was no revolt and Brown was arrested and tried for treason against the State of Virginia. He was hanged in December 1859.
Harpers Ferry is in West Virginia.
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John Brown was the leader of the raid and he wanted to create a colony for runaway slaves and to do this he needed weapons. Which led to the Harpers Ferry Raid.
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