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Who were the Northern abolitionist who tried to arm slaves by raiding Harpers Ferry?
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What did John Brown hope to accomplish by raiding Harpers Ferry?
John Brown planned to steal weapons from where they were being stored for the war in Harpers Ferry and distribute them to slaves and start a slave rebellion. Obviously John Brown was an abolitionist and believed that slavery was wrong and wanted to end it.
Why did john brown help the slaves?
Simply because he was a fanatical Abolitionist - and therefore not typical of Northern attitudes.
How did the raid on harpers ferry divide the nation?
It made the South suspicious of Northern motives, fearing that it was planning a nationwide armed revolt of slaves.
Would you have to be a slave to be an abolitionist?
No, and most abolitionists were white, because most blacks were slaves. Some blacks might have contributed by doing stuff as an abolitionist, but an abolitionist did not have to be a slave. (More appropreatly slaves couldent, only freed slaves could do anything)
Who helped slaves become free?
abolitionist
What did John Brown hope to accomplish by raiding Harpers Ferry?
John Brown planned to steal weapons from where they were being stored for the war in Harpers Ferry and distribute them to slaves and start a slave rebellion. Obviously John Brown was an abolitionist and believed that slavery was wrong and wanted to end it.
What impression did southerners have of northerners after brown raid on harpers ferry?
Abolitionist fanatics, ready to arm the slaves for a nationwide rebellion.
Was the raid on Harpers Ferry antislavery?
Very much so. John Brown was a fanatical abolitionist who was trying to arm the slaves for a rebellion.
How did the Dred Scott decision and Brown's Harpers Ferry raid deepened sectional antagonism?
John Brown's Raid was the ill-fated attempt of the New Englander to free Virginia's slaves by raiding Harpers Ferry, in 1859.
Why did the abolitionist launch attack at Harpers Ferry?
they wanted the slaves to hear about it a rebel with them, ironiclly the person leading the army was grant i always find that funny
What was Johns Brown goal in raiding the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1859 was to do what?
Brown's goal was to obtain weapons from the arsenal in order to arm slaves and cause a slave uprising in Virginia
Why did John Brown raid the arsenal at Harpers Ferry?
Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) was a small town, where a Federal Arsenal was located. Brown became convinced that if he started an uprising among slaves by providing weapons and strategy, the revolt would spread across the entire south. Thus, by raiding the Federal Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, he, his sons, and men could seize weapons and provide them to slaves, during what he envisioned as a revolt.
John Brown?
An abolitionist who attempted to lead a slave revolt by capturing Armories in southern territory and giving weapons to slaves, was hung in Harpers Ferry after capturing an Armory
What is the story of Harpers Ferry?
John Brown was the leader of the raid and he wanted to create a colony for runaway slaves and to do this he needed weapons. Which led to the Harpers Ferry Raid.
Why did john brown help the slaves?
Simply because he was a fanatical Abolitionist - and therefore not typical of Northern attitudes.
What was the slaves from ghana known in africa as ?
24. View all notes These slaves were obtained by raiding among non-centralised groups, especially the Grunshi, Basari, Konkomba and Sisala. The king of Mamprugu assisted Dagomba (a sister state) by raiding neighbours to the west. Slave raiding actually intensified in northern Ghana in the nineteenth century.
What was John Brown's role in the pre Civil War era?
Brown took slaves to Harper's Ferry where there was an arsenal of weapons that he gave to slaves to start a slave rebellion. He was also responsible for bloody atrocities in "Bloody Kansas," prior to that.
