How did John Brown Have a impact on the U.SA. Me friend needs help thx?

Answer 1

John Brown became a "rallying cry of liberation" to the slaves:

In 1847 Frederick Douglass met Brown for the first time in Springfield, Massachusetts. Of the meeting Douglass stated that, "though a white gentleman, [Brown] is in sympathy a black man, and as deeply interested in our cause, as though his own soul had been pierced with the iron of slavery." It was at this meeting that Brown first outlined his plan to Douglass to lead a war to free slaves.

Brown moved to the black community of North Elba, New York, in 1849. The community had been established thanks to the philanthropy of Gerrit Smith, who donated tracts of at least 50 acres to black families willing to clear and farm the land. Brown, knowing that many of the families were finding life in this isolated area difficult, offered to establish his own farm there as well, in order to lead the blacks by his example and to act as a "kind father to them."

Despite his contributions to the antislavery cause, Brown did not emerge as a figure of major significance until 1855 after he followed five of his sons to the Kansas territory. There, he became the leader of antislavery guerillas and fought a proslavery attack against the antislavery town of Lawrence. The following year, in retribution for another attack, Brown went to a proslavery town and brutally killed five of its settlers. Brown and his sons would continue to fight in the territory and in Missouri for the rest of the year.

Brown returned to the east and began to think more seriously about his plan for a war in Virginia against slavery. He sought money to fund an "army" he would lead. On October 16, 1859, he set his plan to action when he and 21 other men -- 5 blacks and 16 whites -- raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry.

Brown was wounded and quickly captured, and moved to Charlestown, Virginia, where he was tried and convicted of treason, Before hearing his sentence, Brown was allowed make an address to the court.

. . . I believe to have interfered as I have done, . . . in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right. Now, if it be deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children, and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I submit: so let it be done."

John Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859.

Answer 2

John Brown Impact

Answer 3

John Brown was a fascinating character in American history.
He was thought to be crazy, because of his actions. Based on what I have read, there are facts in the story that would suggest otherwise. He could be very rational, and was throughout his trial. I am of the opinion, that the "insanity" arguement was racially motivated...why else would a white man do what he did?? thats the thinking behind the insanity position.

He held a very strong belief that slavery was wrong. We believe that today. He also acted on that belief as well. I am not saying the killings were justified. He was , perhaps misdirected. Slavery obviously was an issue that bothered John Brown deeply.

Why weren't there more people that felt that slavery was wrong? What if they acted on that belief? Could some other solution be found to the "labor" issues of the day? All questions for another forum. His abolitionist stance was largely due to his religious beliefs as well the beliefs of his father.

What made him important was the fact that a white man was willing to fight and die for the freedom of slaves. All men are created equal.....right?

See the following;

http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/theses/Attfield/HTML/Oberlin.html
http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/theses/Attfield/HTML/Oberlin.html
http://www.civilwarhome.com/johnbrown.htm
http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/jbrown/master.html

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do your own research , so that you will know something- not a lecture just some advice.

Answer 4

John Brown was a lunatic, when he was captured by the US Marines at Harper's Ferry, J.E.B. Stuart described him as frothing at the mouth in anger. His motives may have been good(the freeing of slaves) but his methods were disgusting, morally bankrupt, and illegal. He murdered people from Kansas to VA for his cause. His rampant stupidity was only equalled by the likes of Robert Rhett and Jefferson Davis and other southern traitors.

Just as Davis is reviled in this country, so too should that lunatic Brown.

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Answer 5

He led a gang of former slaves and advocated abolishing slavery, through raiding banks and things like that. When he was jailed and tried, he said his actions were for the purpose of the idea of freedom for slaves. So everyone knew that John Brown was against slavery. This may have (or may have not) given this idea-of abolishing slavery-to many people in the US. Brown also predicted a civil war in the US over the question of slavery, as happened later.