Did John Brown attack the federal armory at Harpers Ferry?

Answer 1

To start a slave revolt.

Answer 2

In 1859, John Brown bought a farm in Maryland under a false name. Brown was a radical anti slavery Abolitionist and received funds from anti slavery people in New England. Brown's plan was to take the Federal arsenal with his force of 22 men and try to cause a slave rebellion. Brown's group failed to convert any slaves to his planned slave insurrection. In the end, Marines under the command of Colonel Robert E. Lee recaptured the arsenal. Brown was executed for treason in December of 1859.

Answer 3

He sat there. While Virginian forces surrounded him, he basically decided not to make any decisions. Many members of his group, including his sons were killed in the standoff. After the standoff ended, in which the Virginia forces were led by a colonel that pops up a few years later, John Brown was found guilty of insurrection, among other things and was hanged.

Answer 4

John Brown was captured, tried and hanged for treason.