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John Brown was very important in some ways. He tried to free slaves from Southern states but, he did it wrongfully. John Brown was a very mean and violent man. Yes, he was trying to free slaves but he was doing it the wrong way. He also went against the United States Government, by not using his representatives and protesting violently. So when he got hanged on December 2, 1859, his actions were justified. To start, John Brown was very violent, he used violence to reach his goals, which included a deadly raid where he killed two innocent people in Kansas Territory, by his actions this raid got the name of “Bleeding Kansas.” In the document: “John Brown- A Radical Murderer” it states that “ By 1859, Brown had a plan for reaching his goal of defeating slavery through Violence. He planned to use guns and other weapons that he captured at Harper’s Ferry to arm Virginian slaves.” This is showing that instead of using his representatives to help free slaves in Congress, but instead he used violence. Then John Brown went to a proslavery town October 16, 1859 and killed five settlers with twenty-one men with him on another raid. The raids John Brown went on was an act of terrorism. …show more content…

According to the document “John Brown- A Radical Murderer” it states that “ Most northern anti-slavery groups did not agree with John Brown's raid. [...] It was started by Northern abolitionists. It was an act that forced Southern state legislatures to pass emergency action.” So then the South needed to prepare for fights in the future with the Northerns. Also, William Lloyd Garrison was a leader for anti-slavery movement but called the Harpers raid a “misguided” and “insane” act. So in this article it proves that yes, John brown was trying to free slaves yet, he was doing it

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