Yes he is. He dedicated twenty years of his life to the abolitionist cause and he signed the Anti-Slavery Declaration of 1833, which he often considered the most significant action of his life.
Concern that federal employees were not loyal to the United States!
Concern that federal employees were disloyal to the United States
The federal government controlled the Confederate states during Reconstruction.
cause
unite in the abolitionist cause
John Brown was considered an abolitionist hero of the first magnitude and a treasonous rebel by the federal govt.
The Puritans were some of the first groups to pioneer the abolitionist movement. The Mennonites and the Amish were also active in that cause.
Something they did NOT do is The murder of Elijah P. Lovejoy
John Brown tried to lead a slave revolt. He was a fervent 'abolitionist' opposing the practice of slavery. His methods of persuasion included killing opponents. The 'cause' may have been noble, but the method was terrorism. He is most famous for a raid on a Federal Armory in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia in 1859. He was later captured, tried in court, convicted, and hanged. Some say he was crazy, others say visionary, most agree that he was part of the cause of the Civil War/War of Northern Aggression.
It was a highly influential abolitionist newspaper.
why did Frederick Douglass get involved in the abolitionist
Anti slavery abolitionist John Brown did not spark the US Civil War. He did become a martyr for the cause to end slavery in that he was executed a few months after his attack on the Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Yes he is. He dedicated twenty years of his life to the abolitionist cause and he signed the Anti-Slavery Declaration of 1833, which he often considered the most significant action of his life.
Religious sentiment, later strengthened by the success of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
It is the same as an advocate: someone who actively supports a cause.
Uncle Toms Cabin