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Brown, who was intensely against slavery, led an attack on the Federal arsenal in Virginia. His goal was â¦ to free the slaves in that State and perhaps start a slave rebellion. The arsenal had the weapons John Brown needed. He was captured by Federal troops and later hanged for treason against the State of Virginia. The Virginia Governor, Henry Wise, was the individual who actually charged Brown with treason.
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.