[DOC] [TLE] John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry - Wikipedia [PAR] John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by white abolitionist John 
Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States 
arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. ... Location, Harpers Ferry, (West) Virginia .... 
On Sunday night, October 16, 1859, Brown left four of his men behind as a rear-
guard: his... [DOC] [TLE] John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry - Oct 16, 1859 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On the night of October 16, 1859, Brown and his band overran the arsenal. ... 
Word of the raid spread, and by morning Brown and his men were surrounded. A 
company of U.S. marines arrived on October 17, led by Colonel Robert E. Lee 
and ... he handed his guard a slip of paper that read, I, John Brown, am now 
quite... [DOC] [TLE] October 16, 1859  John Brown and His Followers Seize Harpers ... [PAR] Oct 16, 2009 ... On October 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown (a white man known for his violent 
opposition to slavery) and 21 armed followers seized the United States Armory 
and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). [DOC] [TLE] John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid - Civil War Trust [PAR] John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia. ... On the evening of October 16, 
1859 John Brown, a staunch abolitionist, and a group of his ... and his men 
captured prominent citizens and seized the federal armory and arsenal. ... when 
in the late afternoon US Marines under Colonel Robert E. Lee arrived and 
stormed the... [DOC] [TLE] John Brown Took Harpers Ferry Hostage [PAR] Late on the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown and 21 armed followers stole into the town of Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now part of West Virginia), as most of its residents slept. They took 60 prominent locals hostage and seized the town's United States arsenal and its rifle works. [DOC] [TLE] John Brown's Raid - Charles Town, WV [PAR] On October 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown and several followers seized the 
United States Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry. ... He trained a group of 
twenty-two men, including his sons Oliver, Owen, and Watson, in military 
maneuvers. ... John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land 
will never be... [DOC] [TLE] John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid - West Virginia Division of ... [PAR] On October 16, 1859, abolitionist John Brown and several followers seized the 
United States Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry. ... On Pottawotamie Creek, 
on the night of May 24, 1856, Brown and his sons murdered five men who ... John 
Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be 
purged... [DOC] [TLE] Harpers Ferry during the Civil War - Encyclopedia Virginia [PAR] Jan 28, 2009 ... Harpers Ferry, in what is now West Virginia, lies at the confluence of the ... On the 
night of October 16, 1859, Brown and twenty-one raiders invaded the town, and 
seized the United States Arsenal and Armory and Hall's Rifle Works. ... supported 
by area militia, cornered Brown and his men in a small fire... [DOC] [TLE] Today in History - October 16 | Library of Congress [PAR] Today in History - October 16 ... Late on the night of October 16, 1859, John 
Brown and twenty-one armed followers stole ... as hostages and seized the 
town's United States arsenal and its rifle works. ... Storer College, Harper's Ferry, 
West Virginia, May 30, 1881. ... Brown and most of his men were veteran foes of 
slavery. [DOC] [TLE] The Interactive Atlas: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia [PAR] Harpers Ferry is a town located in the easternmost corner of West Virginia ... The 
ferry service was begun there in 1747 and in 1796 U.S. arsenal was established. 
... his followers seized the arsenal and occupied the town on October 16, 1859. ... 
In the

Question: On October 16, 1859 this man & his followers seized a U.S. arsenal in what is now West Virginia
Answer: John Brown