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The 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry was an armed insurrection led by abolitionist John Brown aimed at initiating a slave revolt in the Southern United States. On the night of October 16, Brown and his followers seized the federal armory in Harper's Ferry, Virginia, hoping to arm enslaved people and inspire them to rise against their oppressors. The raid ultimately failed when local militia and U.S. Marines, led by Robert E. Lee, quickly intervened, capturing Brown and his men. Brown was tried and executed, and the raid heightened tensions between the North and South, contributing to the onset of the Civil War.

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