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John Brown
Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
He intended to take guns from the arsenal and give them to slaves so that those slaves could start a rebellion and become free.
Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas
The effect of John Brown's rebellion was his two sons were killed at Harper's Ferry. The rebellion was to seize the ammunition and arms in the federal arsenal and to arm the slaves in the area.
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Harpers Ferry
The arsenal provided additional ammunition for raids in Kansas.
John Brown
He intended to take guns from the arsenal and give them to slaves so that those slaves could start a rebellion and become free.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
The site of the federal arsenal where a militant abolitionist, John Brown, led the famous raid in 1859 is Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Brown, along with a group of followers, hoped to incite a slave rebellion by seizing weapons from the arsenal. The raid was ultimately unsuccessful, and Brown was captured, tried, and executed.
The federal arsenal (storage place for weapons) was the Springfield Armory located in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Harpers Ferry
He intended to take guns from the arsenal and give them to slaves so that those slaves could start a rebellion and become free.
John Brown
John Brown's raid and capture of the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia was a step towards his goal of starting a slave rebellion. The arsenal provided Brown with the weapons needed for the revolt.