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John Brown Rebellion John Brown's goal was to lead a slave rebellion in the South. He led a band of 18, who attacked Harper's Ferry, Virginia. On the 16th of October, he seized the Federal armory there, and held local citizens hostage. After a two day fight, US Marines, led by captain Robert E Lee, captured Brown.
John Brown's Failed Raid on Harper's Ferry Was a Major Impetus for the U.S. Civil War by Kate Kershner Oct 16, 2017 John Brown had the ambitious goal of raiding Harper's Ferry and inciting a slave insurrection, but the raid didn't go as planned. Kean Collection/Getty Images When Malcolm X said in 1965 that white people have to be willing to do as old John Brown did to be a true ally for blacks' rights, his allusion to the abolitionist might've been startling to some.