Was John Brown Justified

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John Brown dissented slavery and thought to be God’s chosen weapon to fight it. He slaughtered innocent people, only to try to ‘save’ slaves who did not wish to join his rebellion. The court that held his case found him guilty of treason, murder, inciting a slave insurrection and sentenced him to death by hanging. Was it right for him to be sentenced to death? It indeed justified for him to be punished for all that he did. In 1859 John Brown attacked the armory at Harper's Ferry with his five sons, who bought enough guns for a slave army. A sure sign that his intent was not peaceful but indeed violent. John Brown had planned it out for weeks, even moving his family nearby. Doing this, he was going against his country and committing treason.

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