John Brown Hero

One problem he created was his armory raids. What he planned to do with the weaponry he obtained from the raids was to free all slaves, which angered the South(page 497). Another problem he created, even after his death, was the fact that people in the North praised him as a hero after he endangered the lives of many innocent lives in the South. The South felt threatened by the fact that Northerners praised a ‘blood thirsty’ killer and forced them to secede (page 498)A woman by the name of Harriet Beecher read “ Uncle Tom's Cabin” to 1300 people. This influenced and educated a lot of people to stand up against slavery. John Brown was an example of those

So John Brown chose the least of two evils. To save the country, he went down to cut off the Virginia cancer. ”(J. Sella Martin) Early in the century Fredrick Douglas had written “I could live for the slave, but he could die for him.” L. Sella Martin says that it was necessary for John Brown's actions to occur so that the country would be saved making what he had been given undeserved and that he only stirred these things up so that the slaves could be free and without the war the slaves would have never been free.

As stated in his final speech, the Address of John Brown, the incidental effects of his main goal was completely unintentional and wasn’t his main focus. He believed that he should be rewarded for taking a heroic stand in helping the slaves rise up and become equal with the rest of society. He applied the word of God in his address by stating “All things whatsoever I would that men should do to me, I should do even so to them” (Brown, 1). With this statement, he justified that the crimes he committed were not in fact crimes to him at all, but work he believed need to have been done. His main point was to get people to see that slaves are still human and the injustice acts placed upon them should be returned. With all of his plans, he didn’t have much concern to the risks that may come out of its execution. Although he didn’t strictly believe that he had to kill people in order to complete his job, he had no regrets. If it got his point across, then he would take those matters. His address to the Virginia Court proved his will and determination in his work as well his honesty in what he’s done. As stated before, Brown inspired many people like him including Fredrick Douglass. Douglass saw that Brown was not trying to spark a full blown war, but instead wanted to get support from active slaves and anti-slavery supporters to overthrow slavery for good. Brown lighted

John Brown essay Do you think John Brown is a villain or a hero? Well I think it's a villain. He is a villain because he killed many people. He also tried to start a rebellion on Harpers Ferry which could've caused many deaths. This is important because we need to show how he was a villain.

First, Brown made the right decision to escape because he became a free man. During this era England

Firstly, I think he failed because he was too quick to anger. Many people knew that John Brown had a temper. His anger issues may also be connected to when he killed five southern settlers and his removement from Kansas. Other abolitionist of his time like the Grimke Sisters and Harriet Tubman were peaceful and indirect with their ways. The key to success wasn’t straight out rebellion but rather being peaceful and quiet; and slow and steady. The Grimke Sisters spoke out strongly and gained a following. Harriet Tubman didn’t go killing people to free slaves, but was sneaky about it and freed slaves one by

John Brown is a hero because lead a small group against the south. One example would be, John was seen as a hero when he lead a revolt to stop slavery. His sons and him when to the south to give weapons to the slaves so they could revolt but it ended up getting John hanged it in the end. This was a cause to the civil war because the north saw Brown as a

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”.

After the Civil War granting African Americans their freedom, Frederick Douglass became a political activist against the institution of slavery. He combined his efforts with John Brown, an abolitionist, engaging in strong minded debates in figuring out whether the U.S Constitution was proslavery, antislavery, created for the well being of all men or only white men. Douglass gained the knowledge of political reform and how to go about movements, in his case, abolition movements, and later on assisting in women rights movements. He learned that being looked upon in politics, as an intelligent and well-respected individual without pursuing force would be the best way to gain his victory. His goal was to persuade the American public opinion against slavery, while praising democratic freedom and progression of American principles, reaching audiences of all sexes and races. He also pointed out

It is also suggested that Washington was a good man as at the beginning of “the early 1770s, he rarely bought a slave, and he would not sell one”. In addition to this, the author explains how the “slaves were to be freed at his wife’s death”. However I am sure that these excuses could not justify his behaviour to Black Americans today. Similarly, can George Washington really be considered a hero, or just an immense hypocrite who owned slaves whilst signed the Declaration of Independence, declaring, “all men were created equal” (11). Another way that was intended to preserve him as a hero is that he was a “disapproving owner” (12) and that he would have liked slavery to end but he didn’t personally feel politically driven to put an end to it.

He fought long and hard for what “he believed with certitude was a sin against God.” (Bordewich, 3). Of the many words used to describe Brown, one that would come up occasionally was hero. But “it wasn't until the 1970’s that John Brown the hero re-emerged.” (Chowder, 6). Two studies done by Stephen B. Oates and Richard Owen Boyer came to a conclusion that “Brown was stubborn, monomaniacal, egotistical, self-righteous, and sometimes deceitful; yet he was, at certain times, a great man.”(Chowder,6). Also, “among African- Americans, Brown’s heroism has never been in doubt. (Chowder, 6) Many strong black figures commended Brown’s actions in various ways. “Frederick Douglass praised him in print; W. E. B. Du Bois published a four-hundred word celebration of him in 1909; Malcolm X said he wouldn't mind being with white people if they were like John Brown; Alice Walker, in a poem, even wondered if in an earlier incarnation she herself hadn’t once been John Brown.” (Chowder, 6). Harriet Tubman “thought Brown was the greatest white man who had ever lived.” (Bordewich, 5). He even “began comparing himself to Jesus Christ. And he was not alone.” (Chowder, 5). Though he was described as “crazy” for a large part of his life, the fact that he was remembered by so many in such a positive manner, makes him a hero.

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

From his life as a slave to his escape and support of the abolitionist movement to even his attack on segregation, Frederick Douglass was the true embodiment of the abolitionist movement. Of course, there were other important abolitionists as well such as John Quincy Adams and Arthur Tappan. Despite their importance, John Quincy Adams had only fought for the abolitionist movement late into his life, and Arthur Tappan had donated large amounts of money while also writing some Abolitionist articles. Yet neither of them were able to get the public’s support like Frederick Douglass had, making him the most important figure in the Abolitionist

During the High Middle Ages, there was no strong, central government that was politically organized enough to meet common needs of the people in Europe. After the fall of Charlemagne’s empire, invasions and anarchy became the societal norm. If they wanted to survive, they had to meet particular needs. The people of the High Middle Ages met their needs of political organization, economic provision, and social aspects through Feudalism, Manorialism, and through the Church.

Each year, approximately ten-thousand people are convicted of crimes that they did not commit (Spring). Ten-thousand people that will never see their kids grow up, ten-thousand people that will miss out on life, ten-thousand people whose lives will never be the same. Men and women are on death row for decades, only to be exonerated after their execution. Where is the justice in that? Prisons are also overcrowded and according to political scientist David Hudson, America holds five percent of the world 's population, but twenty-five percent of the world 's prison population (Hudson). This is partially derived from the overwhelming amount of cases that the justice system takes on, but also because of the harsh sentences. About