The persona of John Brown is a mystery. His biography reveals a man who wasdedicated throughout his life to the cause of equality for African Americans, and he wentto the extent of giving his life for it. He was marked as a singular example of a white manwho died for the cause of black freedom. His actions, however insecurely they may have been grounded in reason, undeniably made an impact. His consistency in perpetuating theabolition movement by any means was a major reason for pushing the nation into war.The relations between the North and South changed drastically as a direct consequence of his actions between the years 1859 and 1863 because the emotion that John Brown stirredamong the citizens of the country ultimately led to the Civil War.John Brown and his raid …show more content…
“Whence, then, this wonderful difference?”(Document B). The object that sets Brown above the others who had tried to rescueslaves previously was that he was beyond his cause. He saw himself as being sentreligiously by a duty that he was mandated to satisfy. This made John Brown quest anobler cause, and even after it had happened it was attractive to those in the North.Brown had come to a crucial realization about the mindset of the nation regardingthe termination of slavery. He realized beforehand that the only way to end slavery was by a civil war, and he was the essential part in getting that war started. His eagerness toutilize violence as a solution to this problem of slavery set him apart from other abolitionists. In his editorial Horace Greeley details the sentiment of the countryregarding Brown: “And, while we heartily wish every slave in the world would run awayfrom his master tomorrow and never be retaken, we should not feel justified in entering aslave state to incite them to do so, even if we were sure to succeed in the enterprise”(Document