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
John Brown
To start a slave revolt.
Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Harpers Ferry is in West Virginia.
Harpers Ferry
He raided Harper's Ferry for weaponry from the Federal arsenal there, intending to start a major slave uprising.
John Brown
Harpers Ferry
The arsenal provided additional ammunition for raids in Kansas.
John Brown in Harpers Ferry tried to seize a federal armory on behalf of his cause.
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.