John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry created greater division between the North and South.

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True. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 heightened tensions between the North and South, as it was seen by many Southerners as a direct threat to their way of life and the institution of slavery. The raid galvanized abolitionist sentiments in the North while also intensifying fears of slave insurrections in the South, contributing to the growing divide between the two regions.