Why Did John Brown Become Abolitionists

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One of the major factors that John Brown became abolitionist was the influence of his father. He was raised by an outspoken father which led him to have a certain religious background and belief. During several years, he gained an inspiration from his travel, and planned to attack against slave culture. He turned his childhood ethics into aspiration to fight for what was right, continued to strive for civil justice. He used violence to end the evil injustices of slavery. At the time before John Brown and Harriet Stowe, the Northern people were not as much interested in slavery as they did after the war, so I would say he contributed to trigger the Civil war. The government, at that time, kidnapped people from Africa enslaves, not to mention

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