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    abolitionists was the radical John Brown, who inflicted violence on pro-slavery citizens of Kansas and Missouri. The film, Santa Fe Trail, released in 1940, starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Raymond Massey as John Brown, is an effective pro-American film that presented John Brown as a fanatical madman committing unjust and illegal violent acts, with murder and mayhem, on behalf of the abolitionists that precipitated the American Civil War. The overall view of John Brown in the film, Santa Fe

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    John Brown a Martyr or God Like Figure. There he yelled making sure his voice was heard. John Brown, a man of god  said he dedicated his life to the destruction of slavery on the behalf of god. But later ended up swinging from the ropes he was sentenced to hang on. John Brown was a man that wanted to destroy slavery. John Brown believed that violence was the only way to end slavery so he made many   John Brown’s determination to end slavery is more considerable than his actions because slavery

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    liberator (Thoreau, A plea for Captain John Brown, 1859), terrorist (Horwitz, The 9/11 of 1859, 2009) and a National hero (Reynolds, Freedom’s Martyr, 2009) all at once. This man’s name was John Brown. As just recently mentioned, Brown was called many things by many different people However, If Brown needed to be summed up into one description he would be described as an ignorant liberator. In David Reynolds “Freedom’s Martyr” Reynolds explains why Brown is captured and the reason of his raiding

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    led by John Brown in 1859. The author describes John Brown as a “radical abolitionist” native of Ohio who “has passion for justice” and “equality between the races.” (Smith 50) In April of 1848, Brown arrives to Peterboro, New York to find Gerrit Smith, a philanthropist and “peace-loving abolitionist” whom he aims to convince to finance his plan. He succeeds in recruiting people to join him in his mission to abolish slavery in the South. in an attempt to take over a federal armory, Brown and his

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    John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry John Brown was born on May 9, 1800 in Connecticut. Brown grew up in a very religious family with strong Calvinist views. While the rest of the American colonies were starting to question their religious beliefs, and going through the First and Second Great Awakening, Brown stayed true to the way he grew up, and continued to follow his Calvinist beliefs. These beliefs showed through by his behavior and attitude towards his abolitionist movement that culminated

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    While reading the biographies of John Brown, it is evident that each author describes Brown’s motives, supporters, victims, and enemies differently. The first author, W.E.B. DuBois, believes that Browns motive was to initiate colored people working freely. Dubois says, “When therefore, John Brown came East in January 1858, his object was not simply to further his campaign for funds, but more especially definitely to organize Negroes for his work.” Dubois believes Brown committed these heinous crimes

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    the three reasons that John Brown became a violent protester to slavery are as follows. In his mind, John believed that he was fulfilling their struggle for freedom in terms of the revolutionary soldier and puritan that he had descended from (3). In other words, the fight was already in him, he was trying to do good because he already saw what the puritans had went through to achieve their freedom. It was in his blood so to speak. The second of the three reasons is that John believed that God had

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    * Harriet Tubman was and still is a very important women in today’s society. She was an American woman who escaped from slavery in the South who then became an abolitionist before the American Civil War. Born in Maryland in 1820, and escaped slavery in 1849. She decided to return to rescue both family members and non-relatives from slavery. She led many people to freedom in the North as the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad which was a secret network of safe houses organized for

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    able to escape them, confront them, or even act upon the choices made. Although slaves were not able to stand up for themselves, abolitionists, with the ability to do so, stood up for them. John Brown is a significant example to this topic. As aforementioned on the John Brown Timeline of John Brown's RLAH, John Brown was an

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    George Brown, a journalist, politician and Father of Confederation, was born in Alloa, a small town near Edinburgh, Scotland on November 29, 1818. He was the eldest son of Peter Brown and Marianne Mackenzie, and attended Edinburgh’s celebrated High School and its Southern Academy, in which he graduated with honours and numerous prizes. On April 30, 1837, George Brown and his father moved to the United States in search of a new life and greater business opportunities. After founding the British Chronicle

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