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John Brown Dbq

The years directly before the civil war were marked by escalating tensions and sharply declining relations between the North and South as differences between the two territories were made clear. John Brown, a white Northerner, was thought of as a martyr and hero to some, while to others was regarded as insane and a criminal. His raid on Harper's Ferry on the federal armory in 1859 ended up a failure. He was striving to steal guns and ammunition and deliver it to the slaves in the South, so that they could have started a rebellion against their masters. After a short two days and an unsuccessful attempt, General Robert E. Lee had caught John Brown and put down the raid. Along with many other abolitionists, he was tried and executed.
John Brown was an abolitionist from the North. He loathed slavery, and sought after the end of it. The only difference between him and most other abolitionists is that he was one of the first to advocate murder and insurrection as means of......


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