Uncovering the Truth About John Brown

He was a person who went to great lengths to show his help, however he was not secretive about it. He wrote a newspaper call the Tocsin of Liberty, in which he not only published the first names of the people he helped to freedom, but also the names of their slave masters. Because of this many slave owners had arrest warrants written for his imprisonment (Able Brown).

Henry Wise, governor of Virginia is faced with an impossible choice. Now that the courts have condemned John Brown to death for his charges of” “treason, murder and inciting a slave insurrection,” (Davidson 148) he is torn between condemning the violence, granting a pardon to prevent more violence, or thirdly, granting a pardon on the account of his insanity. Many citizens of Virginia feared that Mr Brown was a precursor to the imminent onslaught of northern abolitionist “fanatics” and threatened to lynch Brown if he was freed. Other northern abolitionists threatened to assemble an army to free Brown from the prison; in the words of Fernando Wood, mayor of New York City, his death would create a “martyr whose execution would only deepen passions

Textbooks withdraw their heroic sympathy that they give to almost any other historical figure from Brown, presenting him in a different tone; Brown was a devote Christian and instead of credit he receives blame of his devotedness; if they wanted to, they could've divulged into how Brown once was friends with a young black boy which convinced him that blacks aren't inferior, but they don't; textbooks also neglect the story of Brown as a defender, when he defended 35 free-soil men from several hundred pro-slavery men from Missouri; in addition to this, textbooks also tend to handicap his voice as they don't use any of his saying or phrases; Brown's ideas are often ignored as they represent something violent, which deemed him ineligible of sympathy

John Brown was a misguided fanatic. He was admired by many abolitionists for standing up for the rights. However, was seen outrageous in the eyes of many Southerners. He has went far beyond outrageous and carried out a killing spree in order to prove slavery was wrong. He had a plan, however stirred in a lot of problems along with it gained him the name a “misguided fanatic”.

He was internationally recognized as an uncompromising abolitionist, indefatigable worker for justice and equal opportunity, and an unyielding defender of women's rights. He became a trusted advisor to Abraham Lincoln, United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, Recorder of Deeds for Washington, D.C., and Minister-General to the Republic of Haiti”.

The theme of fame and the essence of being a prominent celebrity becomes noticeable during his time opposing slavery in Kansas. The Pottawatomie massacre is the first notable source of fame for Brown in Kansas. The massacre is carried out in retaliation for the sack of Lawrence, an anti-slavery town ransacked by pro-slavery activists. During the massacre, Brown and a company of abolitionists murdered five pro-slavery settlers. News concerning the massacre quickly spread throughout Kansas and Brown’s role as the perpetrator became public. Brown often denied his role in the massacre, but nonetheless people knew he was behind it and therefore his name started to generate a great deal of attention. The next source of fame for Brown in Kansas came three months after the Pottawatomie massacre during the Battle of Osawatomie. The battle commenced when pro-slavery forces attacked the abolitionist town of Osawatomie. Brown, pitted against hundreds of assailants, led a force of forty men in an effort to defend the town from the pro-slavery force on its doorstep. Brown and his men failed and the town was plundered set aflame. Though defeated, Brown received national attention for his unwavering bravery and perspicacity while up against an immense disadvantage apropos of the magnitude of the opposing force. Northern abolitionists gained great respect for Brown and gave him the nickname “Osawatomie Brown” in honor of his defensive stand at Osawatomie in the summer of

Then in 1859, they got even more threatened by the raid on Harper’s Ferry. John Brown led 18 men on a raid, they men were a mixed of white and African American. John Brown was targeting an arsenal, which is a storage unit for weapons and ammunition. Brown also wanted to start a rebellion, by giving weapons the slaves, so they would kill their owners with the weapons from the arsenal. Local citizens and federal troops quickly stopped them, Brown himself was convicted of treason and murder and was sentenced to be hung. An uproar in the North started, some northerners disliked what Brown had done. While many of the others thought he was a hero for his act of bravery. He was later called a martyr, a person who dies for what he believes in, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

John Brown was both, a hero and a terrorist. While he did manage to kill a lot of people he did have good intentions for it. John Brown, who is a leading abolitionist, did have the hope of helping to end slavery. He somehow managed to kill just a few people. Everyone messes up every once in a while, right?

John Brown a Martyr or God Like Figure. There he yelled making sure his voice was heard. John Brown, a man of god  said he dedicated his life to the destruction of slavery on the behalf of god. But later ended up swinging from the ropes he was sentenced to hang on.

The short execution, taking four weeks of waiting, was documented during the court case. John Brown said “In the first place, I deny every thing but what I have already admitted, of a design on my part to free slaves. I intended, certainly, to have made a clean thing of the matter, as I did last winter, when I went into Missouri, and there took slaves, without the snapping of a gun on either side, moving them through the country, and finally leaving them in Canada. I desired to have done the same thing again, on a much larger scale. That was all I intended.

“Generations of biographers and mythmakers have tried to fit Brown into ready-made molds: hero or villain, martyr or monster, prophet or madman. Others have labeled him strange and not important...But the man and his mission can’t be so easily dismissed.”(Horowitz Par 4). John Brown’s drive and violent passion for the abolishment of slavery have been a very controversial topic in many historians thoughts. With his numerous bloody attempts to have equal rights to all slaves some may call him a terrorist. But his ambition for the end of slavery and his efforts to reach that goal has made many people think of him as a hero of this nation. John Brown should be remembered as a hero in United States history.

John Brown: Right or Wrong about Abolition While John Brown had the right idea about abolishing slavery, he killed people because of it. However, he believed that it was his God-given mission to free the slaves, and so he employed the help of his sons and other people sympathetic to his cause. Even though he might have had good intentions and ideas, he went about abolishing slavery the wrong way. John Brown was a radical abolitionist who believed in the violent overthrow of the slavery system. (History.com Staff) He was born in Torrington, Connecticut, on May 9, 1800, to Ruth Mills and Owen Brown.

The Pottawatomie Massacre happen one night on May 24,1856. John Brown was a Abolitionist he was against slavery he murders five men from pro-slavery settlement on pottawatomie creek. John brown led the anti-slavery and by many men and family. The victims who were killed were associated by franklin county court. The Pottawatomie Massacre was one several that stirred national over bleeding kansas and slavery.during the US territories in the mid

John Brown was born on May 9th, 1800 in Torrington, CT. He died December 2nd, 1859, Charles Town, WV. John Brown married twice, he had a total of 20 kids and only half of them survived their childhood and two were killed in the raid on Harpers Ferry. He faced many financial difficulties throughout his life, he was also an abolitionist who worked with the Underground Railroad and the League of Gileadites, among others. He believed in using violence would end slavery, and, with the intent of inspiring a slave insurrection, eventually led an unsuccessful raid on the Harpers Ferry federal armory. John Brown was also known for the Pottawatomie Massacre.

A hero to remember, a pastor, activist and was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement; even a holiday named after him, he grew up in a family where they encourage him to perceive and respond to injustice between black and whites.