The John Brown And The Pottawatomie Massacre

‘Fire in a canebrake’ is quite a scorcher by Laura Wexler and which focuses on the last mass lynching which occurred in the American Deep South, the one in the heartland of rural Georgia, precisely Walton County, Georgia on 25th July, 1946, less than a year after the Second World War. Wexler narrates the story of the four black sharecroppers who met their end ‘at the hand of person’s unknown’ when an undisclosed number of white men simply shot the blacks to death. The author concentrates on the way the evidence was collected in those eerie post war times and how the FBI was actually involved in the case, but how nothing came of their extensive investigations.

On October 16th, 1859 John Brown and 21 men lead a raid to the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. His plan was to arm all of the slaves in the area with weapons. How ever after 36 hours most of Brown’s men were either killed or captured. John Brown was captured and later hung west 8 miles in Charles Town

The paper thanks the slave who helped capture Turner to push the narrative of Turner and his men being evil instead of the insurrection being an issue of slavery. To further prove my point the article states “.They made an attack upon Mr. Blunt, a gentleman who was very unwell with the gout, and who instead of flying determined to brave them out. He had several pieces of firearms, perhaps seven or eight, and he put them into the hands of his own slaves, who nobly and gallantly stood by him. They repelled the brigands-killed one, wounded and took prisoner (Gen. Moore), and we believe took a third who was not wounded at all.” If you look at what was written, you’ll see that the blacks under Mr. Blunt were addressed as slaves who fought gallantly.

Is John Brown A Hero Or A Villain? “I never did intend murder or treason, or the destruction of property, or to excite or incite the slaves to rebellion, or to make insurrection.” (John Brown Document F) is what John Brown said at court while on trial for treason and murder. John Brown was an advocate for the abolishment of slavery.

“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

The Pottawatomie Massacre happen one night on May 24,1856. John Brown was a Abolitionist he was against slavery he murders five men from pro-slavery settlement on pottawatomie creek. John brown led the anti-slavery and by many men and family. The victims who were killed were associated by franklin county court. The Pottawatomie Massacre was one several that stirred national over bleeding kansas and slavery.during the US territories in the mid

Numerous people thought he was a hero because he assisted slaves. John Brown was part of two companies that rescued slaves, but John Brown took part in killing a master (owner of slave/slaves) which defeats the purpose of helping. He thought by saving some slaves, people would hopefully follow along. He thought it would raise awareness about the problem. But not everyone agreed with John Brown’s opinions, so it ended up causing more arguments with citizens, government, and states.

October, 1859 John Brown went after the federal arsenal at the Harper’s Ferry in Northwestern of Virginia. Brown was fighting against slavery and he gathers a group to help with the riot. Brown seized the army, he killed and injured many. He attempted to make the slaves involved and give them guns to protect them. They were afraid because they thought Brown would not successful aid them. John Brown riot provoked violence and played

John Brown: Hero or Terrorist? On October 18th, 1859 John Brown, along with a group of white slavery abolitionists and free Black-Americans, raided a government arsenal located in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown planned to gather weapons and distribute them to slaves in the Southern states to inspire anti-slavery uprisings. Quickly, Brown’s raid failed and he was tried for treason, and later executed. When one thinks of the words “hero” and “terrorist”, one’s mind reaches for extremes.

In his time, John Brown was comparatively viewed as a criminal who was killed for his acts of treason and murder and as an anti-slavery freedom fighter. He is viewed as a controversial figure who fought against slavery, but by questionable means.

There were many people and settlers involved in the Sand Creek Massacre. A very important settler was Colonel John M. Chivington. Chivington was in charge of many Colorado volunteers during the Colorado War. John was appointed by the governor of the whole Colorado Territory. The governor's name was William Gilpin. William didn’t mind any of the Indians. ”Gilpin offered to make Chivington chaplain, but Chivington is supposed to have said: ‘I feel compelled to strike a blow in person for the destruction of human slavery.’”( Myers 2) Chivington was under direct orders of Maj. Gen. Samuel Ryan Curtis during the war. During this time the settlers decided they wanted to make a peace treaty with the Native Tribes. The Tribes have always respected the whites but the whites wanted to

The cool air hangs over the city of boston hot and boiling in conflict. The situation is critical all people’s allegiances are tested. The beginning of the war the time Britain steps over the line comes. John Adams, a farmer and attorney moved his family into Boston to establish himself in law, After the Boston “Massacre”. Counseled in his advocacy by his beloved wife Abigail, Adams wins the case but surprises his friend, the Attorney General, by turning down a lucrative position with the Crown. As independence sentiment boils over in Massachusetts following the Intolerable Acts, Adams is invited to join the newly created Continental Congress. After a inspiring oratory to his constituents, he leaves his family with hope and promise to his

The biggest tragedy of the colonization of the Americans was the genocide of the Native Americans. Europeans ambition towards gold/silver, turn into a tragic turn of events that ended up with the assassination of millions of Natives as a result, killing innocent children, infants and raping women along the way. The natives that were not killed were taken as slaves and sold in Peru and Hispaniola where they got the best prices for them.

John Brown was a man who had dedicated his life to the abolition of slavery. He believed that any method used to abolish this cruel allowance of slavery was justified. Brown is notoriously known as an abolitionist who killed people as way to provoke serious change. While some say he killed people for a good reason, those who disagree hold the opinion that the killing of these people was terrible and did not solve the problem. Even though John Brown’s end goal was laudable, both the raid on Harpers Ferry and on Pottawatomie massacre demonstrate that his actions were in fact, acts of terrorism rather than heroism. There is never a justifiable reason to kill another human. In both the context of the Harpers Ferry raid, or the bloodshed in Pottawatomie, it is easy to see that John Brown was in fact a terrorist, rather than a hero.

The events that occurred on November 18, 1978 has rocked the psychological world on how Jim Jones was able to manage what is now known as the "Jonestown Suicides" or the "Jonestown Massacre". It all started from when Jim Jones created what was known as the Peoples Temple in the middle of Indianapolis in 1955 leading only just 20 followers at the time. After a year had past, the people’s temple started to make a name for itself by serving for the disadvantage and opening an orphanage. This started to draw a crowd to the temple and it manage to start almost a new religion. And when November 1978 arrived, Jim Jones managed to persuade 909 people to commit suicide that were a part of the people's temple at the time.