In October 1859, abolitionist John Brown led an armed raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, to obtain weapons for a slave revolt. All except which one of the following resulted from the raid?
a. Brown was executed for inciting insurrection and treason
b. the southern tendency to see antislavery people as backing insurrection was reinforced
c. widespread panic in the free states about abolitionists
d. Brown became a hero to many in the North, because of his conduct after his capture
C
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