John Brown carried out a raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in order to:
A) show his resistance to slavery.
B) show his solidarity with the local slaves.
C) spark a slave revolt among the local slaves.
D) avenge the deaths of several antislavery activists in Lawrence, Kansas.
E) seize ammunition held at the federal arsenal there so that he could return to Kansas and lead a slave revolt.
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