How Did John Brown Help Abolish Slavery?

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“When I strike, the bees will begin to swarm, and I want you to help hive them” is what John Brown said on October, 1859. John Brown was very religious, he was also an abolitionist. An abolitionist is a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery. John Brown wanted to help abolish slavery. What did John Brown do? John Brown was trying his very best to help abolish slavery. John Brown believed that violence would be the best way to overthrow the slavery system, him and his son attacked pro-slavery residents. John Brown thought his actions were ok by saying his actions were “the will of god”. After John’s actions he became a hero in the eyes of the Northern extremists. John Brown created a group and their goal was to get supplies and then use the supplies to protect them during the slave rebellion. In 1855 John brown helped a lot of slaves escape. Like it said on History.com,” In 1855, after assisting the escape of several slaves, Brown and his five sons moved to Kansas just after that territory had been opened for the possible expansion of slavery by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.” John Brown did not get to abolish slavery completely, but he did everything he could to help. …show more content…

It is important because, slavery was against John’s religion and a lot of other people thought it was wrong including him. Slavery was wrong in a lot of people's eyes but not a lot of those people were brave enough to stand up and try to help, John Brown wasn’t afraid to stand up. When he stood up he became a leader while helping fighting against slavery, and he risked his life to do what he thought was right. John Brown ended up dying on December 2, 1859 by getting hung, but when he died he died knowing that he help fight against slavery. John has shown that if you want to do something you believe in, go for

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