2012 John Brown and Spider-Man: Hero? Villain? America Can’t Decide Students of history and those merely interested in casual inquiry will often explore a topic‚ find a legitimate opinion‚ accept it at face value‚ and move on. Too often with young or inexperienced historians this is the case. It does‚ in a way‚ make sense. Many topics an individual will study have been researched and written on countless times. It is easy to accept an opinion as is and forget about it. John Brown is one of
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Brianna Pabon Historical Research Writing‚ A2 January 5th‚ 2015 Research Paper‚ Final John Brown Raid on Harpers Ferry‚ A Hero or a Villain? When it comes to the topic of John Brown’s raid and if he was hero or a villain‚ most of us will readily agree John Brown was murderer thus making him a villain. Where as some are convinced that he was a hero for wanting to help free slaves. John Brown was indeed a hero he believed greatly for the freedom of slaves‚ but was using violence to fight
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John Brown is a villain due to his acts with the slaves‚ his killings in Pottawatomie Creek‚ Kansas and Missouri. He got noticed for these acts but not in the way that you would think. John brown was born on May 9‚1800. He was a sympathizer to the North. This is not true. John Brown has a very dark past. He has murdered people who murdered other people. Some people might call that gallant. It was an antihero act. John Brown was a villain. John Brown had an idea that if he killed the slave owners
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martyrs or terrorists. John Brown happens to be a murderous fanatic. I firmly believe that John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry did not have a remarkable impact on abolition. John brown risked his life as well as others. Brown also had nearly no support from slaves in his attempt to abolish slavery. Despite his efforts‚ and the reactions of the people in the nation he still underwent prosecution. Unfortunately‚ it is almost as if he died in vain. The efforts of john brown were almost unrecognized
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John Brown: Abolitionist or Psychopath His 378 August 3‚ 2012 John Brown Part 1 1. On October 16‚ 1859 John Brown led a group of men to Harper’s Ferry‚ Virginia and raided the Federal arsenal. Brown wanted to create an army of African-Americans that would in the end help release black slaves in the Southern states. Brown and his men manage to capture the arsenal but the town people of Harper’s Ferry surrounded the buildings and trapped Brown and his men. Brown had intended to steal the government’s
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Jessica Turner is the founder and CEO of Turner Test Prep Company which preparing people for the CPA exam. She graduated from management school and she is professionalized on accounting. After few job rejections‚ she opened her own test preparation school. The most important problem in her business is that she cannot increase her market share from 10 percent. To understand the problem better‚ we need to go into the details of the competitors of the company. NTC is the most important competitor of
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Would you go to extremes and kill an excessive amount of innocent people all because you thought you were right? This merciless‚ cruel man thought exactly that‚ John brown needs to be viewed in history as an terrorist who killed innocent people‚ as he did in the Pottawatomie massacre and Harpers Ferry. John brown took his beliefs to an extreme and brutally murdered anyone and everyone who believed differently than him. He was said to be a believer in god and that he was killing for God but his actions
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John Brown had no reason to break the laws of the United States. Not only did he murder people but he attacked a federal facility. Which was completely useless because it didn’t help abolitionists at all. It made it worse because he gave abolitionist a bad name. John brown is a terrorist who had no need to murder people or attack a federal facility. John Brown killed 15 people at Harpers Ferry which cannot be justified because most of the people were civilians. John Brown also killed people
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Aralee Fajardo January 7‚ 2011 Entry #8: "The Madness of John Brown" Historians are not the only ones that can elucidate history. History is a extensive puzzle that can be solved by anyone who has an educated diploma on certain subjects. Historians are the main disposition to solve the uncertainty of history with their useful‚ quality skills of making theories to conjoin loose ends of history‚ motivation of repeated research‚ and their undying love to learn new history‚ but a psychologist can
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Jason Peterman History 128 12-7-10 Chris Carey John Brown: An Extreme Abolitionist 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‚ took a leading role in propelling the nation toward secession and conflict. Many events influenced Brown’s views on slavery from an early age. When he was older‚ his strong anti-slavery feelings had grown‚ and he became an
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