HIST 12600 Study Guide - Final Guide: Innocent Victims, Nat Turner, Handsome Lake
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In 1859, the abolitionist john brown led an attack on the federal armory at harper"s ferry. If so, explain why so many northerners sided with brown and saw him as a hero. If not, explain why brown"s attack frightened and outraged so many southerners. In 1859, john brown and some free black men attempted to invade the federal armory at. Harper"s ferry in virginia, take the guns and other weapons they found there, and start a slave rebellion. They hoped that their violence would spread to slaves throughout the state so they could revolt against their masters and become free. However, brown and his followers failed and were killed. John brown became a martyr for abolition in the north, but was seen as a crazy, violent abolitionist in the south. He was a sign to southerners of what a world without slavery would be like: dangerous and violent.
