Who led a raid on a federal arsenal at Harpies ferry Virginia?

John Brown led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, on October 16, 1859. His goal was to initiate a slave uprising by seizing weapons and distributing them to enslaved people. The raid ultimately failed, resulting in Brown's capture and later execution, but it heightened tensions between the North and South in the lead-up to the Civil War.