How did northerners and southerners view john brown?

Answer 1

Generally speaking, John Brown and his conspirators committed treason against the US by his actions of taking over the US arsenal at Harper's Ferry. Even anti slavery activists like Frederick Douglas, who knew of the plan wanted no part of it. For some extremists, the deemed Brown a martyr for the anti slavery movement. Few Americans, whether in the South or the North wished to see a bloody slave revolt.

Answer 2

John Brown was considered a" true" abolitionist in the sense that some abolitionists were trying to outlaw slavery either by constitutional methods or outright war. Most men in the north had a neutral feeling about slavery, since that would mean further competition for available work. In fact, most of the outspoken antislavery orators wanted, just for the moment at least, that any new states must join as free states. The remaining free- slavery majority on the other had would just help it die a fast death.

The South viewed the entry of free states only, as a curse since it would eventually put them at a vast disadvantage during House and Senate voting and it would be only a matter of time before they would lose their way of life. Many Northern merchants were making fortunes on the sale of cotton and wanted to keep the status quo. I'm sure that they told their workers what would happen if the slaves were freed.

"True" abolitionists on the other hand would only be happy when slavery was outlawed in the United States no matter what method was implemented. A rarely know fact about the slave revolt at Harper's Ferry, VA was that Robert E. Lee was the commander of all U. S. troops on hand and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was under Lee's command during the assault to end the standoff. After the capture and hanging of John Brown, the South view him as a violator of their rights and was hated and the mere name of the his name would draw a venomous response.

Mr. Brown's attempted slave revolt was as responsible for the Civil War as any other factor. After the failed attempt, both sides ratcheted up their stance on the issue of slavery. It was the South who had the most to lose because the economy in the south was dependent upon slave labor and if it ended so did the South. The South was being backed into a corner and only an extreme measure would resolve the issue once and for all. Extremists on both sides didn't want war but they would not avoid it if it meant victory for their cause.

Answer 3

For the most part John Brown was considered a radical by both the North and South. Some anti slavery advocates saw him as a hero. His raid on Harpers Ferry further strained relations between the North and South.

Answer 4

The northerners and southerners both hated John Brown. They viewed him as a murder and a bad person.

Answer 5

When Brown was hanged in 1859 for his raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, many saw him as the harbinger of the future. For Southerners, he was the embodiment of all their fears—a white man willing to die to end slavery—and the most potent symbol yet of aggressive Northern antislavery sentiment.

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