He raided Harper's Ferry for weaponry from the arsenal with plans of starting a major slave uprising.
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John Brown
John Brown's Raid was the ill-fated attempt of the New Englander to free Virginia's slaves by raiding Harpers Ferry, in 1859.
John Brown
John Brown (abolitionist / revolutionary) was born in 1800. He was hanged in 1859, after the disastrous raid on Harpers Ferry.
Supply weapons for a slave revolt