John Brown and Frederick Douglass established a closed relationship due to the fact that they shared the same message; being brought together by fighting freedom for african americans. John brown felt that it was immoral to hold slaves. John had planned a revolt at Harpers Ferry in Virginia, and he wanted Frederick douglas to participate in the raid but Frederick didn’t think it was his calling and refused. The raid had lead to having James Brown and his man hanged for treason. To Frederick Douglass, John Brown had become a powerful symbol for the violent overthrow of the slave system. John brown’s death had initiated a new mode of carrying on crusade of freedom. By 1860’s the sectional despitutes symbolized by man like John brown had reached