John Brown Research Paper

“John Brown’s body lies a mould’ring in the grave, his soul goes marching on.” This is what Thomas Brigham Bishop said about John Brown after he was hanged for his abolitionist actions. John Brown was an Militant extremists abolitionist who is famous for his actions before the Civil War and to some, being the one who started and caused the war. Abolitionist in the north think as him as a godlike figure, while people in the south think as him as an awful person. He helped with the Underground Railroad and was a boost morale for north. The background of John Brown is not known by many, but his raids and actions changed many people 's thoughts on the war and thoughts on him.
The life of John Brown. John Brown was born in May 9th, 1800 in Torrington Connecticut. When John Brown was five they moved to northern Ohio. This is where he spent most of his boyhood in Ohio. Ever since he was a little till he was an old man he would travel and move to places all over the north. These places consisted of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New York. His family has disliked slavery ever since he was born.(“Childhood”). His family was a Calvinist.(Calvinist is a religion named …show more content…
He was a hero in the north, but known as a crazy man in the south. John Brown in the underground railroad was useful person and wasn 't afraid to die for his convictions to help free blacks from slavery in America. African Americans considered him as a hero for how he helped them when they became free or when he tried to free them. In my opinion John brown is an important character in the civil war and important in the Underground Railroad. In his raids he showed how much he wanted to abolish slavery in the United States Of America. If he didn 't do these actions I think the Civil War would be delayed for another year. People think of him as a demented demon or a crazy man, but I think him as a hero and only did his actions because of his