In his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown intended to
a. call upon the slaves to rise and establish a black free state.
b. arouse the South to secede from the Union.
c. stir West Virginia to break away from Virginia as a free state.
d. demonstrate that blacks could fight for their freedom.
e. seize weapons to start a guerrilla war against the federal government.
a
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