John Brown was an American abolitionist‚ born in Connecticut and raised in Ohio. He felt passionately and violently that he must personally fight to end slavery. This greatly increased tension between North and South. Northern mourned him as a martyr and southern believed he got what he deserved and they were appalled by the north’s support of Brown. In 1856‚ in retaliation for the sack of Lawrence‚ he led the murder of five proslavery men on the banks of the Pottawatomie River. He stated that he
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between the two territories were made clear. John Brown’s raid in October of 1859 came at that volatile time and provoked an extreme reaction from the South immediately afterward; as the furious public option of the South was that the entire North had personally supported and condoned Brown and his violent actions in the ultimate quest of abolition. From that point‚ as feelings in the North and South were pushed to the edge by other events‚ the views on John Brown and his actions‚ especially the opinion
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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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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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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‚ in 1859‚ raided and killed seven innocent people in the South while attempting to free the slaves of the area and create a haven for them. Brown was convicted of murder and hanged. While Southerners may have hated Brown for his invasion their rights to own slaves‚ he was thought to be a martyr for the abolitionist cause in the North with his self sacrifice and deep devotion‚ further separating the two in both ideals and motives of pre-Civil War 1863. However you may slice it‚ Brown’s
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Murryn Payne 5-10-11 Mrs. Sturdivant Social Studies John Brown Essay John Brown is considered a martyr‚ a traitor‚ a murderer and a man with a devout religious sense‚ bent on destroying slavery. He had insanity in his genetics‚ but even if they lurked in his blood‚ he was brave and fought for what he believed. An abolitionist in the truest‚ most powerful‚ blue blood patriot‚ in all senses of the phrase. John Brown was born on May 9th in 1800. He was raised in Ohio‚ around the firmest
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like a worthless being is what many called a “standard home”. Unfortunately‚ Brown and many others were exposed to this atrocious mindset. Despite these influences‚ John Brown became a warrior in the battle for freedom of African Americans. Brown had been born into the 1800’s on May 9 within Connecticut before the Brown family moved to Ohio. Because of Brown’s religious upbringing‚ slavery was an unacceptable norm John wished to fight against. As the use of enslaved African Americans expanded‚ so
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John Brown; Hero‚ or Completely Senile? John brown has been looked upon by many as a hero‚ but was he really a hero? Let’s look at the thing’s he’s done for abolition and think to ourselves as we read‚ “is this really what a ‘hero’ would do?” I’ll go into more detail later through out this of course‚ but for now‚ let’s review the gist of what he has “done for abolition.” From the third document‚ it states that he led only 21 men into the military arsenal in Harpers Ferry‚ Virginia. That was
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Some people believe that John Brown was a terrorist ‚and some believe that he is a freedom Fighter. My belief is that he was a freedom fighter ‚and not a terrorist. He was not because none of his actions were meant to cause fear to anybody. His raid on Harpers Ferry was not a terrorist attack. His attack was not meant to cause fear. He just wanted the guns in the armory. He did not want anybody to die in the raid. That is what happened at Harpers Ferry and next is Pottawatomie. His killings
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