He tried to end slavery.
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he triggered the beginning of the civil war. He might not have ended it but he certainly started the war that ended it
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John Brown came to the Kansas Territory to fight slavery. In May 1856 John Brown led a group that killed several proslavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek. In August 1856, Brown and his followers engaged 400 pro-slavery U.S. soldiers in the "Battle of Osawatomie".
believes that god has chosen him to stop slavery
John Brown at Harper's Ferry *
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.
ever since he was a child, Brown's father had taught him that slavery was bad, ever since then he's been a strong abolitionist