In what ways may John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry be regarded as one of the causes of the Civil War? Since John Brown in Kansas had murdered proslavery men and run off with their property (horses and slaves), how could he be compared to Jesus? Was slavery so horrible, as some had argued, that theft and murder justified means of fighting it? What were his own views on the cause of anti slavery? After reading his testimony, is it plausible to say he was insane, as so many many southerners claimed? Why is he not more widely known and celebrated in America today?

In what ways may John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry be regarded as one of the causes of the Civil War? Since John Brown in Kansas had murdered proslavery men and run off with their property (horses and slaves), how could he be compared to Jesus? Was slavery so horrible, as some had argued, that theft and murder justified means of fighting it? What were his own views on the cause of anti slavery? After reading his testimony, is it plausible to say he was insane, as so many many southerners claimed? Why is he not more widely known and celebrated in America today?