Brown decided to strike at Harpers Ferry, a small town about one hundred kilometers from Washington. It was part of Virginia at that time, but is now located in the state of West Virginia.
布朗决定进攻哈珀斯镇，这是一座距华盛顿只有一百公里左右的小镇，这个小镇在当时属于维吉尼亚州，现在则属于西维吉尼亚州。
When the town was part of Virginia, it was the site of the Harpers Ferry Raid, one of the major incidents precipitating the American Civil war, and of several battles of the war.
当该镇还是弗吉尼亚州的一部分时，发生了哈普斯渡口袭击案，那是美国内战的一个主要导火索，而后在那里发生了几次战役。
He says Harpers Ferry was a noisy,dirty, polluted industrial city in what was then Virginia, the largest slave state in America.
VOA: special.2009.11.06
A group of one thousand soldiers went to Harpers Ferry,Virginia, where the Union army had a gun factory and arsenal.
VOA: special.2009.08.20
A few hours after Brown was captured, the Governor of Virginia and three Congressmen arrived in Harpers Ferry.
VOA: special.2009.07.02
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