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    Pottawatomie Creek and Harper’s Ferry, John Brown certainly had legitimate reasons to carry out his attacks. Throughout his childhood, John had learned to be against slavery. His father was a deeply religious man who believed owning people was against God’s word. Even as a child and teenager John was mature, enough to be an adult. So when he saw slaves beaten by their owners, he knew it was wrong. As a teenager, John proceeded to become closer to the lord. Soon John was an adult and still believed that

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    Hello Everyone, John Brown was a revolutionary abolitionist who felt very strongly about ending slavery. He was born in 1800 and died in 1859. His birthplace was Torrington, Connecticut. He belonged to a very loving family with very strong anti-slavery beliefs. He tied the knot twice and brought forth 20 children from those unions. Brown had several business endeavors that failed. In 1842 he filed bankruptcy. He began working as a conductor with the Underground Railroad in order to support the

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    movements have succeeded or failed in achieving their objectives. John Brown was an extreme abolitionist who believed in the forceful overthrow of the slave system. Although John Brown’s aim and views on slavery were rational, his approach at stopping slavery was illogical and deranged as his mentality contributed to his raid. John Brown and his sons headed attacks on pro-slavery residents during the Bleeding Kansas conflicts in which Brown became a hero for Northern activists and recruited an army of

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    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. Brown was born the son of Owen Brown, a tanner, in the town of Torrington, Connecticut. The Browns were conventional evangelicals, and John went to school in Massachusetts to become a Congregationalist minister. Unfortunately he ran

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    in Wentworth, North Carolina, John Brown a freshman at Rockingham Community College is a panther in disguise lying in wait for his next opponent. Brown, who comes from a long line of wrestlers, is far more powerful than most observers would expect from his wiry frame. Although he weighs only 145 pounds, Brown can bench press 200 pounds making him formidable on the mat. Since he began competing in the sport at a local recreation center while in middle school, Brown has won several awards, often

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    Was John Brown A Hero

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    John Brown the Hero John Brown has been a controversial political figure to generations of Americans across the nation. He is often regarded as one of two polarizing ideals, the unapologetic freedom fighting abolitionist and then as the religious zealot turned domestic terrorist. There is even a case to be made that John Brown was America’s first domestic terrorist. While Brown’s methods may have been extreme, he delivered his intended message; that change needed to occur for the country to be

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    John Brown Martyr Essay

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    John Brown was many things when he was alive, an abolitionist, a father and a husband. Most of all he was a martyr; a vigilante someone who acts outside the law. Brown acted outside the law for a cause that he strongly believed in. He is a martyr by opinion and definition. The abolitionist movement used to be miniscule compared to the pro-slavery stance. John Brown was one of a handful of white people who were anti-slavery. It was a cause he was willing to die for. A cause he had an enormous amount

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    John Brown's actions were modern day terrorist acts with the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre and raid on Harpers Ferry being unjustified, concluding that John Brown is a terrorist and not a freedom fighter. May 24th and 25th John Brown and others murdered five pro-slavery settlers. 1859 John Brown lead a slave revolt into a United States military arsenal at Harpers Ferry. These actions are attacking innocent people. His purposes to the attacks were unjustified, just unreasonable, ridiculous.

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    Why Is John Brown Wrong

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    John Brown: Right or Wrong about Abolition While John Brown had the right idea about abolishing slavery, he killed people because of it. However, he believed that it was his God-given mission to free the slaves, and so he employed the help of his sons and other people sympathetic to his cause. Even though he might have had good intentions and ideas, he went about abolishing slavery the wrong way. John Brown was a radical abolitionist who believed in the violent overthrow of the slavery system. (History

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    On May 24, 1856, John Brown and his small army of men raided Lawrence, Kansas, killing five unsuspecting civilians. The attack ended in the capture and hanging of Brown, as the action was seen as treasonous. Since this event, debate has incessantly surrounded the figure due to the violence and morality of the situation. Despite the lives lost, John Brown was a hero because of the reasoning of the raid and the lack of alternative options. The event, known as the Pottawatomie Massacre, is one of honorableness

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