John Brown and his role in causing the civil war by Alex-Duy Nguyen https://padlet.com/14212111/1uywkk7hgshh by:Alex Nguyen en-us 2017-12-06 00:29:39 UTC 2017-12-06 01:01:40 UTC hello@padlet.com John Brown's background 14212111 https://padlet.com/14212111/1uywkk7hgshh/wish/213547275 Abolitionist and insurrectionist,John Brown was Born in Torrington, Connecticut, Brown grew up in Ohio, where he befriended dedicated opponents of slavery. Brown had series of business failures,driving him to move. A fierce foe of American slavery, Brown helped many slaves escape across Ohio and then, in 1855, moved to Kansas, where four of his sons had settled the year before.]]> 2017-12-06 00:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/14212111/1uywkk7hgshh/wish/213547275 John Brown and Bleeding kansas 14212111 https://padlet.com/14212111/1uywkk7hgshh/wish/213547558 According to the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act,new territories would be slave or free were to be left to popular vote. Free-Spoilers including John Brown and southerners clashed in Kansas earning it the epithet of "Bleeding Kansas."

John Brown and his sons retaliated an attack on the antislavery town of Lawrence by murdering pro slavery settlers in their neighborhood of Osawatomie Creek. John Brown's actions in Kansas brought him not only national attention but a following among those who felt that radical action was required to win.

]]> 2017-12-06 00:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/14212111/1uywkk7hgshh/wish/213547558 Raid on Harper's ferry 14212111 https://padlet.com/14212111/1uywkk7hgshh/wish/213547734  Harper's ferry was just the first step in building a base of operations where freed or escaped slaves could come to arm and free other slaves. On October 16, 1859, John Brown and his men attacked the federal arsenal in Harper's Ferry and held it for a brief time before Robert E Lee came and killed or captured most of Brown's allies,including Brown.]]> 2017-12-06 00:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/14212111/1uywkk7hgshh/wish/213547734 Death and becoming A martyr 14212111 https://padlet.com/14212111/1uywkk7hgshh/wish/213547875 Brown was hanged Dec. 2, at 11.15 A.M and quickly became a martyr for the north as well as a source of paranoia for the south,driving both closer to war.Songs were written about John brown and were sung a northerners marched onto battle.]]> 2017-12-06 00:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/14212111/1uywkk7hgshh/wish/213547875 work cited 14212111 https://padlet.com/14212111/1uywkk7hgshh/wish/213550497 https://docs.google.com/document/d/192jDwlOfHw2nRTpyPAUcSBDminFQ5kriVXt1btMu87Y/edit]]> 2017-12-06 01:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/14212111/1uywkk7hgshh/wish/213550497