Pros And Cons Of John Brown

Slavery, the oldest institution that has existed during the fifteen centuries up until the nineteen centuries has become a means through which black people of color were put in oppressive state by their whites to serve them and work for them in their homes, and plantations. However, due to poor treatments of black people “Servants were poorly fed, housed, and clothed” (Pearson 09/12/2016). This resulted in slaves been rebellious and even taking and planning their escape from the hands of their oppressors, since none of the slaves wanted to starve themselves or be punished. From 1820s to 1860s, there was a movement towards abolition in the North as the Northern states embraced gradual emancipation, the southern states were further away from …show more content…
Abolitionist even went further by raiding southern armory and to spark a slave insurrection, John Brown, a northern abolitionist is example of such. “Brown failed to fulfil his goals…Southerners expressed outrage…it will bring sectional tension to breaking point” (Murphy 157). Since the Southerners felt that the North has attacked their land, they were outraged. Although Brown was killed for treason, the North hailed him as a hero. This made the Northerners insisted on the Southerners to abolish the slavery within their states because slaves want to be free and until they are freed, the slaves will rebel against …show more content…
“Revised and tougher fugitive slave law” (Pearson 11/21/2016). The Southerners lobbied for this stricter law to be passed because they wanted to protect their property interest even though they knew there were abolitionists in the North who did not want to accept that law but they agreed to it, since it was part of the Compromise of 1850. The North only agreed to it only if the federal government would pay for the recapturing of the slaves. This law also compelled even the citizens to assist and even paid more money to the judges for returning slaves.
Additionally, the Southerners wanted to annex Texas. They were most in favor of annexing Texas into the union because they knew it will help them politically and economically, but the Northerners did not want it since it will disrupt the balance of the house. The Northerners argued that they should only annex Texas as a free state and not as a slave state. The south brought up the Missouri Compromise of 1821 which says that Texas can be in fact be admitted as a slave state. Since most of the Texans were southerners they wanted them to be part of the Union but the Northerners would not give in to