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Who did Victor Hugo blame for the trial and verdict of John Brown?
The american nation
Victor Hugo thought that America is a _____ country
great
John Brown is called a
radical
John Brown is accused of murdering slave holders with broad swords in what state?
Kansas
John Brown’s son
would fight and die alongside him
How did John Brown justify his actions?
the will of god
How did the south see John Brown?
as a terrorist
Why did Brown capture harper’s ferry
it has an arsenal with weapons
Some people thought that John Brown is
man doing god’s work
terrorist
freedom fighter
When did John Brown attack the arsenal?
1859
John Brown thought that slaves would rise up and help him
free other slaves
take the rebellion into “Africa”
free other slaves
What was “Africa”
the south
How many followers did john Brown have at Harper’s ferry?
21
Where does John Brown move to fight for free-soil settlers against pro-slavery ones
Kansas
By 1858 John brown hoped to
foment a slave rebellion
Why were abolinistss receptive to brown’s violent ways?
he failed to peacefull emancipiate slaves
Where is Harper’s Ferry
West Virginia
Victor Hugo and John Brown are
contemporaries
Who are the secret six?
northerners that finanically supported John Brown
Who commanded the forces that captures john brown?
Robert E. Lee
At harper’s ferry john brown gets
wounded and captured
During the trial, how did John Brown portray himself?
As a martyr
John Brown’s body becomes what?
battle hymn of the republic and his truth marches on
John Brown spent time planning ways in what country?
Canada
Analysts agree that John Brown’s raid
hastened the civil war
Lincoln comments about the political oppoistion
malicious to persist in a charge that is false
John Brown’s action at Harper Ferry
helped Lincoln to be elected president
Which state is John Brown from?
CT
How was John Brown raised?
Very religiously and raised him to hate slavery
What did Harper’s Ferry have?
armory, arsenal, and engine house
What did Robert E. Lee do?
arrest brown
When was John Brown hung?
12/2/1859
In the north, how was his raid greeted?
With a lot of admiration.
What did northerns think?
The raid itself is the act of a madman, but Brown had a lot of zeal and courage
Who said that Brown would made the gallows as glorious as the cross?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Victor Hugo said what about the execution of brown?
How dare the shining star of liberty excecute this soldiers of chris
The majority of northern newspaper did what about the raid?
They denounced the raid
What did the south accuse?
Republicans conspiring with Brown
What did Republicans actually do?
condemn John Brown and his ill-fated plan
What did Lincoln condemn John Brown for?
the punishment of the crime
Why did Lincoln accuse the south?
For wrongly connected the republican party to the venture of the raid
What did Southern newspapers do?
labeled north as John Brown sympathizers
Harper’s Ferry
location of john brown’s raid
When did the raid occur?
10/16/1859
Pottawatomie massacre
5/24/56 Franklin county KS