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harpers ferry

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Noun

a small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there

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Harpers Ferry Harper's Ferry

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shenandoah river ferry car-ferry john brown roll-on roll-off ferryman calais brown

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