His target was the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia — a town surrounded ... a huge complex of buildings that contained 100,000 muskets and rifles. Brown tried to persuade his ...

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On October 16, Brown set out for Harpers Ferry with 21 men -- 5 blacks ... They then captured Hall's Rifle Works, a supplier of weapons to the government. Brown and his men rounded up 60 prominent ...