John Brown Research Paper

Favorite Essay out of Top Five

This is one of my favorite essays because my sentences were strong and I had an excellent word choice. My introduction was short and to the point but it also kept the reader interested. “John Brown however, felt an urgency and a sense of personal responsibility which made him impatient with political campaigns,” this line is my favorite because I used descriptive and powerful words to describe how John Brown felt.

Lydia Maria Child Witness Statement

“ I believe in John Brown’s cause but I feel that John Brown’s methods towards freeing the slaves is unnecessary.” I Lydia Maria Child, am an American abolitionist, women’s rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, and journalist. Like John Brown, I believe that slavery is very wrong and cruel and should be stopped.

I started my campaign against slavery after hearing the speech of William Lloyd Garrison at a public meeting. I wrote a book about the issue of slavery in 1833 “An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans.” My book upseted many of my readers however. I was eventually forced to cease publication of the book and instead I started a weekly newspaper with my husband, David Lee Child about antislavery.In 1839 two other women and I were elected to the executive committee of the Anti-Slavery Society.

I believe that John Brown should have tried to stop slavery in a nonviolent way.

Some fellow abolitionists provided John Brown with money and weapons but I did none of the sort. It must be admitted that John Brown was a "peculiar" abolitionist. I worked for the freedom of the slaves by speaking and writing. John Brown however, felt an urgency and a sense of personal responsibility which made him impatient with political campaigns. The abolition of slavery is the most crucial issue of our era and I focus my time and energy in fighting against the evils of slavery, but I do not agree with how John Brown tried to stop

it.
I was not present when John Brown and many other man led a raid on Harper’s Ferry. I and all of my abolition acquaintances were taken by surprise when news came of Brown's recent attempt. “I do not know one person who would have approved of his attempt to raid on Harpers Ferry and arm the slaves.” I have word from Gov. Wise that Brown attempted to commit treason, robbery, and murder. I wrote a letter to John Brown offering to dress his wounds.
In conclusion I worked towards banning slavery throughout the United States of America. I believe that slavery should be banned but not from violence. I do not think that what John Brown tried to do was right. I do believe however, that he was acting for the right cause and he is a very brave man.