John Brown

John Brown He has been called a saint, a fanatic, and a cold-blooded murderer. The debate over his memory, his motives, about the true intensions of John Brown, continues to fuss passionate debate. It is said that he was the spark that started the Civil War. John Brown was a militant white abolitionist who eventually took lead to free slaves. He was born in Connecticut in 1800, grew up in Ohio, lived in Kansas, and later lived in the northeastern United States where he worked for African-American rights. In the 1850s he was involved in a number of armed actions in Kansas where there were fights between proslavery and antislavery groups. John Brown, at first viewed as a fanatic abolitionist, rose to heights of heroism and misery as hostility grew and war broke out. The role of John Brown and his quest to end slavery did…

Person of the Year: John Brown, Abolitionist “I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause. There will be no peace in this land until slavery is done for.” (1) John Brown, Kansas Territory, 1856. The drive, passion, empathy and controversy regarding abolishing slavery in the South is the reason why John Brown has been chosen as “Person of the Year”. John Brown, an abolitionist, is viewed as a hero by some and as a villain by others depending…

John Brown, referred to as a ‘meteor of the war’ by Herman Melville, devoted his life to his family, his businesses, and more importantly, the destruction of slavery. Born on May 4, 1800 near Torrington, Connecticut had a religious upbringing, and a very influential one. His father, Owen Brown, was involved in an anti-slavery society and oftentimes participated in numerous Underground Railroad activities in Hudson. Also like his father, he traced his strong opposition to slavery back to his…

John Brown, a fervent abolitionist, was born May 9, 1800. Throughout his life, he made many antislavery protests, though some were bigger than others. On May 24, 1856 Brown took four of his sons and two other men along the Pottawatomie Creek, where they seized and killed five supporters of slavery. After this, he travels to Missouri and attacks two pro slavery homesteads. There he confiscated some property and liberated eleven slaves. He then traveled for 82 days and over 1,000 miles to deliver…

By modern day standards John Brown actions at Pottawatomie Creek and Harper’s Ferry may appear to be acts of terrorism but a closer look reveals his actions to be those of a Freedom Fighter. Brown had many instances in his life that causes reflection upon this statement. For example, his childhood led him to be the start of something great. With this happening, it led to help the start of ending slavery. John Brown’s childhood had quite an impact on his life. While he was still young his mother…

be punished. He believed that owning a person was wrong. Brown wanted to get rid of sin “in himself and others” (Horwitz, 17). Brown came up with a plan in order to free slaves, he shared this plan with many of his supporters. There were many people who supported Brown such as Gerrit Smith, Samuel Gridley Howe, and George Luther Stearns. He also had the support of his children. Smith was an abolitionist from New York. He helped Brown move to New York by giving him land in order to “help black…

“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…

was John Brown and if he was a man of faith, how could he have been a leader in the taking of innocent lives? This is a question that has baffled the minds of many scholars and historians since that October day in Harpers Ferry in 1859. Was what John Brown organized and executed right or wrong? These are difficult questions to answer about a man who felt so strongly about his convictions about slavery and the God whom he served. John Brown was committed to the abolition of slavery at a young age…

Would history see John Brown as a murderer or martyr? John Brown of Osawatomie had the outrageous scheme to invade the South, secretly with his followers.Thereby, undertaking a premature movement against slavery. He would call upon the slaves to rise, furnish them with arms, and establish a kind of Negro free state as a sanctuary. Brown had secured several thousand dollars for firearms from extreme Northern abolitionists. Next, he went to western Virginia with eighteen men. In October 1859, at a…

Many people have different viewpoints of John Brown. Everyone agrees that John Brown had some effect on slavery. Some people say that John Brown was a terrorist. Other people disagree saying that John Brown was a revolutionary. I say that John Brown was a terrorist for three reasons; John Brown was crazy, he killed a lot of people, and he started a bigger war between the North and South. The first reason of why John Brown was a terrorist is because he was crazy. In his family heritage, most…