The previous year prior to John Brown's raid was possibly the most important political debate that took place in American history. Located in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln runs for the U.S. Senate against Stephen Douglas who is the author of the Kansas-Nebraska act. “A House Divided Speech”-Dred-Scott decision which led to an opposition to supreme court case, Kansas-Nebraska, and warnings of anti-slavery to fresoil Republicans and. It now affects everyone north with the presence of slavery. John brown carted slaves in the dead of winter to freedom. He saw himself as Moses and also wanted Douglas and Tubman to join but both were too smart to go for it. During the conclusion when Professor Blight explained John Brown's capture, Brown
