John Brown Dbq

John Brown was and still is a hero to the people because of the actions he took to end slavery. John Brown was born into a family that was against slavery so he adopted this belief and fought strongly and passionately to try and end slavery. Throughout his life, John Brown traveled to Kansas to try and stop slavery from expanding into it and he travels to Harper’s Ferry, Virginia to put all his plans in order and to lead his rebellion. Furthermore John Brown dedicated the rest of his life to stopping slavery because it was immoral and opposed God. Moreover the first time John Brown witnessed slavery was when he was very young and he was in Ohio with his father. He saw a slave that was about his age being whipped by his master and this significantly influenced his anger towards slavery. He first decides to stand up against slavery on

Then in 1855 he travels to Kansas disguised as a Free-Soiler with his sons and in May 24th, 1856 he ordered his men to brutally kill five proslavery believers. This event riled up the abolitionists and sent a message to the Southern states. According to document B “Last Meeting Between Frederick Douglass and John Brown” John Brown is a hero because he was willing to give his life in order to hijack the armory in Virginia and help the slaves revolt against slavery by using those weapons. For example it states, “He thought that the capture of Harper’s Ferry would serve as notice to the slaves that their friends had come, and as a trumpet to rally them.” “…Convinced me that he was going into a perfect steel-trap, and that once in he would never get out alive.” This quote shows that he was doing everything that he could to end slavery and that he didn’t care if he died in the attempt, which makes him a brave hero who cared about others interests. This attack was unsuccessful because the U.S. Marines captured John Brown and his men. Later John Brown is hanged for the crimes of