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The raid on Harper's Ferry occurred in October 1859 when abolitionist John Brown led a group of 21 men to seize the federal armory in Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Brown aimed to instigate a slave rebellion by arming enslaved people with weapons from the armory. The raid was quickly suppressed by local militia and U.S. Marines commanded by Colonel Robert E. Lee, resulting in Brown's capture. The raid heightened tensions between the North and South, contributing to the onset of the American Civil War.

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