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The attack against Harpers Ferry was led by abolitionist John Brown in October 1859. He aimed to initiate an armed slave revolt by seizing the federal arsenal located there. Brown's raid ultimately failed, leading to his capture and subsequent execution, but it intensified national tensions over slavery and contributed to the onset of the Civil War.

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