Analysis Of The Pottawatomie Massacre

John Brown, an abolistionist who previously murdered five proslavery men in 1856, seized a federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry, Virginia. His plan was to start a slave uprising, however it failed and he was caught, he was hanged for treason. Document 7 states that both sides, North and South, were both basically surprised; however some Northerners "began to call Brown a martyr for the sacred cause of freedom." Southerners were outraged that such a man would do this, and mobs would even assault people who held or were suspected of holding antislavery opinions. It also scared Southerners (especially those who held slaves) because they were afraid of slave uprisings. This was one step to the Union

John Brown was very similar to Nat Turner they both believed that they were chosen by god to lead slaves into freedom and if that required a fight then that was what they had to do. John Brown had a goal and that was to abolish slavery throughout the united states. The trouble in Kansas began when the Nebraska Act was signed by President Pierce, this act engaged that people make a determination on whether Kansas territory should be free or slave. In hopes that Kansas would become free of slaves, the opposing side which was named Border Ruffians invaded their territory and forced the pro-slavery election. After John heard about the fear of Kansas becoming a slave state and after also hearing that the Border Ruffians ransacked the town of Lawrence

In September of 1857, roughly 120 members of the “Baker-Fancher” party - a California bound wagon-train from Arkansas – decided to set up camp in Mountain Meadows, Utah Territory. The newly-arrived settlers were denied water access and grazing land by the LDS throughout Utah, and thus welcomed the lush pastures and pristine streams of Mountain Meadows. However, unbeknownst to them, an increasingly malevolent Mormon presence planned on retributive bloodshed.

Most of Brown’s reputation was based off of the Pottawatomie Massacre. It was an event led by John Brown that is usually described as “cold

John Brown led a midnight attack on the pro-slavery settlement as retaliation for the raid that caused the death of two and destruction of a hotel and two printing presses; five people were killed by Brown and his following; Brown's sons and their

“John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was a radical abolitionist from the United States, who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to abolish slavery for good. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre in 1856 in Bleeding Kansas and made his name in the unsuccessful raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859. He was tried and executed for treason against the

Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry affected American culture more than can ever be understood. Tension between the North and South was building in the 1850's. Slavery among many other things was dividing the country into two sections. Brown was executed on December 2, 1859 for his murderous out-lash on society. Was his mind so twisted and demented that he would commit cold-blooded murder? The answer is no. John Brown was a man with a goal and a purpose. When he said that abolition could not be achieved without blood he was right. It is one of histories great ironies; John Brown's struggle preceded the Civil War by only 17 months. Thousands of people were killed in the Civil War, yet John Brown

turned violent, with bloody episodes like antislavery partisan John Brown’s organized massacre of proslavery forces in

This formed the Nebraska and Kansas territories. Each territory was able to decide on the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty, this repealed the Missouri Compromise and added to the huge debates in the Union. The act also lead to Bleeding Kansas, when pro and anti-slavery groups rushed to Kansas to vote for or against slavery. Violence then broke out as abolitionists fought against Border Ruffians to control the government in Kansas and John brown, an abolitionist leader, captured 5 pro-slavery men and killed them. He also was the leader of the Harper’s ferry where they raided an armory. The Kansas-Nebraska act brought many tensions within the union, action now being taken in more ways than just

One particular situation that occurred in Kansas was the sacking of the city of Lawrence. Pro slavery advocates of the city of LeCompton, Kansas set up a group or a posse that went to the anti-slavery city of Lawrence, Kansas, ransacked, burned and literally destroyed the city. In response to this attack by the Southerners the Northerners took revenge. John Brown, a radical abolitionist, decided to do a similar thing to the Southerners. He planned an attack on LeCompton, Kansas. Enroute to LeCompton he encountered about five pro slavery supporters, and without remorse, hacked them to death at Potawattamie Creek in Kansas. The entire country was slowly being divided into two parts and even

The role John Brown played the Civil War began in Kansas with his leading a "guerilla attack" on five pro-slavery men, on May 24, 1856. The targeted men were dragged, one after the other, from their homes and brutally murdered (Schultz, Mays, Winfree, 2010). The encounters were organized with the intention to rid the Pottawatomie creek area of all pro-slavery men that lived there (historynet.com). The strategy was designed as a counter attack for the Lawrence incident against abolitionists three days previously. The term "Bleeding Kansas" refers to the outbreak of violence the area experienced and suffered through. The division of Kansas at this time, half abolitionist and half pro-slavery, had caused a terrible friction throughout the territory.

The Jonestown massacre is a great example of people being manipulated and brainwashed. The fact that people can be manipulated to leave the states and go in the middle of the jungle is crazy but they thought it was for the best. Jim Jones the cult leader didn’t lie completely, he would tell parts of the truth convincing them his way was right and he told them Jonestown would be Utopia. In my opinion I do believe it could happen again, if someone is convincing enough and good at speaking it’s easy to believe they are right and even follow him or her. If it’s possible for this to happen again how could it happen in todays world?

The Acehnese people experienced a history of attempted colonization and occupation, first from the Dutch, then the Japanese, it was not until the Indonesian people united was the idea of independence recognized. However, for the Acehnese people unification was only the means to achieve impendence and they intended to be an autonomous region separate from that of Indonesia. That dream was unfortunately not realized as the Indonesian government of Jakarta had other ideas, and wished to pursue centralization towards a unified state. In order to appease the Acehnese people the region was granted somewhat of a special region status until the 1950s when it was officially incorporated into the North Sumatra province. Much of the Aceh history is filled with violence and tension and despite some governmental change the region still experiences a greater amount of tension and conflict than other areas within Indonesia.

The techniques used in the Indian genocide and the story, St.Lucys, are alike in many ways. In both cases the student’s looks were changed, the Indian children had their long hair cut, which was very special to them. For the ball the nuns prepared, the girls were forced into shoes and dresses. The Indian children did not understand why they were at the school, also they wouldn’t see their parents for a long time. Same thing with the girls, they did not know they were never going to see their parents ever again. When the Indian children arrived, they were check for sicknesses, and then split into two groups based on gender. The exact same thing happened in the story, though we never heard about the boys until the dance. The techniques used in

Rodogno's nonforcible intervention in the Ottoman Macedonian Provinces discusses the attempts of Macedonian nationalists to gain European humanitarian intervention. After providing information on what European provinces fell under direct Ottoman government, Rodogno tells the reader that Macedonia was more ethnically and religiously mixed than Syria and Lebanon. Macedonia wasn't granted autonomy from The 1878 Treaty of Berlin, "even though it was implied in article 23, by which the sultan pledged to introduce into his European provinces laws similar to the Organic Laws of Crete" (229). Important factors were the clashing views of different nationalists: Bulgarian, Greek, Romanian, and Serbs. First, "Bulgarian nationalists made Macedonia the focal point of their expansionist projects" (230), which clashed with Greek nationalists. The Serbs added to the struggle, claiming that the