The Abolitionist Crusader John Brown's Death

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 single-handedly created the sparks that led to the southern secession. John Brown was a religious man who believed in “an eye for an eye”. He was willing to use as much violence as necessary for his cause even if it was extreme. In 1864, John Brown lead a group of men to kill five pro-slavery men because of a rumor he heard about the murder of anti-slavery men. This tradesy is known as the Pottawatomie Massacre. Document B shows that Brown had “torn, hacked and disfigured” men at Pottawatomie. This brutal massacre proves that Brown’s actions were unheroic and ended up upsetting many men. When other pro-slavery men heard about his incident they were enraged. The murders of the men led to a series of violent events between the proslavery

also the value of non-violent resistance supported by the transcendentalists and, There were many prominent figures in the Abolition movement that made great strides to freedom. Most took the route of political campaigning, but a few decided to take a more direct approach. One said individual is John Brown. John Brown was a white abolitionist born in Connecticut who simply grew tired of the pacifist approach and took up arms with a few volunteers against slavery.

John Brown thought that the way to overthrow slavery was through violence. John Brown also killed Pro slavery residents or to be more specific civilians that were pro slavery. He also justified his actions by saying it was the will of God, that he committed those murders according to Biography.com.

In 1859 he led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (in modern-day West Virginia). During the raid, he seized the armory; seven people were killed, and ten or more were injured. He intended to arm slaves with weapons from the arsenal, but the attack failed. Within 36 hours, Brown's men had fled or been killed or captured by local farmers, militiamen, and U.S. Marines led by Robert E. Lee. Brown's subsequent capture by federal forces, his trial for treason by the state of Virginia, and his execution by hanging in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia) were an important part of the origins of the American Civil War, which followed sixteen months later. When Brown was hanged after his attempt to start a slave rebellion in 1859, church bells rang, minute guns were fired, large memorial meetings took place throughout the North, and famous writers such as Emerson and Thoreau joined many Northerners in praising Brown. Historians agree John Brown played a major role in starting the Civil War. His role and actions prior to the Civil War as an abolitionist, and the tactics he chose, still make him a controversial figure today. He is sometimes memorialized as a heroic martyr and a visionary and sometimes vilified as a madman and a terrorist. Some writers, such as Bruce Olds, describe him as a

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

John Brown’s beliefs about slavery and activities to destroy it hardly represented the mainstream of northern society in the years leading up to the Civil War. This rather unique man, however, has become central to an understanding and in some cases misunderstandings about the origins of the Civil War. The importance of Brown’s mission against slavery was colossal to accelerating the civil war between the North and the South. His raid on Harpers Ferry in1859 divided the United States like nothing else before, and could have been the main event leading to the Civil War.

John Brown was a frontiers man. He became somewhat of a celebrity in New England around 1857. He found his life 's calling which was fundraising for the frontier exploits, or battles he conducted. When peace had come across Kansas in late 1857, Brown had developed a plan to capture the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. After collecting funds from his New England friends, Brown and his army moved to a farmhouse where they began to train. It was the night of October 16, 1859 when Brown and twenty-two men took over the arsenal. They waited for slaves to rally to his banner. Quickly the Virginia Militia and a detachment of the United States Marines put an end to John Browns Raid killing most of his men and wounding Brown himself. This raid scared southerners to death, because they feared a slave rebellion. Not only that, but this attack/rebellion was not planned within the South but planned by the North and acted on in the South. Even though no slaves were informed of the uprising it was still a scare for the South. Brown went to

Around the time of the early 1800's, our nation was having a battle amongst ourselves over a prevelant issue. This issue was slavery. Southern regions featured slaves taking on prominent roles in relation to the cultivation of crops such as tobacco and cotton. While there were many who were obviously pro-slavery, there were those who were against it. These abolishionists battled the institution of slavery head on and sought to destroy the system, one way or another. One of these people decided to take action by raiding a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, a small Virginia town. The person's name was John Brown. His aim was to aid escaped slaves by equipping them with weapons, thus create an army of anti-slavery rebels that would destroy the opressive system of slavery for good. While Brown's goal was an admirable one, his venture would prove to be disappointing.

The abolitionist and the Northerners challenged the spread of slavery by protesting or throwing riots against the idea of slavery. John Brown was an abolitionist who led 18 white and african americans on a riot on Harpers Ferry in Virginia. According to Chapter 12, “Brown and his men were quickly defeated by citizens and federal troops.” Brown was sentenced to death for murder and convicting of treasure. His death became the commotion point for abolitionists. The Dred Scott Decision was a point in which the country was being more divided because of slavery. Dred Scott was a slave, he went to a free country from there he went to the court to decide whether or not he was a free man. This specific case brought an immense amount of attention. According

Then in 1859, they got even more threatened by the raid on Harper’s Ferry. John Brown led 18 men on a raid, they men were a mixed of white and African American. John Brown was targeting an arsenal, which is a storage unit for weapons and ammunition. Brown also wanted to start a rebellion, by giving weapons the slaves, so they would kill their owners with the weapons from the arsenal. Local citizens and federal troops quickly stopped them, Brown himself was convicted of treason and murder and was sentenced to be hung. An uproar in the North started, some northerners disliked what Brown had done. While many of the others thought he was a hero for his act of bravery. He was later called a martyr, a person who dies for what he believes in, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

John Brown was an abolitionist who attempted to free slaves. He had a strong hatred for slavery. Many abolitionists moved to Kansas since the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 which gave states the right to decide if they would allow slavery. They wanted to make Kansas a non-slave state. In 1855 Brown and his family moved to Osawatomie Kansas, he bought land and had a farm. In 1856 the town of Lawrence which was near where they lived was fiercely attacked and burned by men who were proslavery. Only a few short days later John Brown led his men he gathered up to Pottawatomie Creek, where they killed five proslavery settlers. On October 16. 1859, Brown along with sixteen white men and five black men led a raid on the U.S. arsenal at Harper’s Ferry

John brown was against slavery and a mad man. Thus making him travel to Kansas with his sons to fight for his cause, but well we was there a group of proslavery men had attacked and admonished the town of Lawrence. This event deepened his abhor towards the south; this resulted in Brown and his sons destroying cabins and drawing weapons at people in Potta creek. These 2 events led to the summer of 1859 being in complete guerilla warfare. On October 16 of the same year Brown, his sons , and 20 men marched down to Harper Ferry, West Virginia. That night Brown and his men had held 60 citizens captive in hopes of a slavery revolution outbreak but local slaves. When non came forward Brown and his “army” where shot at. In the end it impacted the country

John Brown was an abolitionist who believed peaceful protest was not enough, and that violence would be required so that slavery could come to an end. John Brown witnessed a slave being beaten when he was at a very young age and this gave him the temptation to try with all his effort to outlaw slavery.

While abolitionists typically work for emancipation by writing, speaking and collecting petitions, John Brown could be considered a “peculiar” abolitionist because of his feelings of personal responsibility and urgency. John Brown, known by the nicknames “Captain Brown’, “Fighting Brown” and “Old Man Brown” was born May 9, 1800 in Torrington, Connecticut to Ruth Mills and Owen Brown. He gained his determination to become an abolitionist at a very early age. Being brought up the way he was, John Brown was able to recognize the injustice known as slavery. Even though the North was predominately ant-slavery, race prejudice was still rampant. In this sense, John Brown can be considered a remarkable person. Frederick Douglass, a world renowned abolitionist was impressed at John Brown’s actions regarding his attempts at the abolition of slavery. Douglass described Brown as a person who, "though a white gentleman, is in sympathy a black man, and as deeply interested in our cause as though his own soul had been pierced with the iron of slavery. Not only was the personality of John Brown captivating, but his actions have also awestruck authors and novelists. In fact, in his novel Black Abolitionists Benjamin Quarles commented that: "Brown's relationships with Negroes had been close, continuous, and on a peer basis, a pattern which no other white reformer could boast." , while in John Brown’s