John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, involved __________
A) white and black men seizing a federal arsenal in an unsuccessful attempt to start an uprising against slavery
B) a slave rebellion that resulted in the deaths of 18 whites and all of the slaves
C) a group of white men raiding a southern abolitionist office and killing five white and black antislavery protestors
D) white men and women seizing 18 slaves in order to forcibly emancipate them in Mexico
E) a group of white and black abolitionists killing three slave owners and wounding five others
Answer: A
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