Resistance to Slavery: John Brown

Question 1

44. Who was John Brown and what was his aim?

Answer 1

• He was Harriet Tubman’s friend who was a revolutionary Abolitionist.
• He wanted to abolish slavery forever.

Question 2

45. Define what a revolutionary Abolitionist believed.

Answer 2

They believed that change would only happen if violent methods were used.

Question 3

46. In what kind of state did John Brown live?

Answer 3

In an Anti-slavery state

Question 4

47. What happened in the Pottawatomie Massacre and in what year did it occur?

Answer 4

• During the Kansas campaign, John and his supporters killed 5 pro-slavery Southerners.
• This happened in 1856.

Question 5

48. John Brown tried to start a freedom movement in 1859.
    * Where did he try to stat the movmeent?
    * Was this movement successful? Explain why or why not?

Answer 5

• He tried to start a freedom movement among the slaves in Harpers Ferry Virginia.
• The army got involved and some of his followers and 2 of his sons were killed.
• He was also captured and tried for treason against the state of Virginia.

Question 6

49. What eventually happened to John Brown in the end?

Answer 6

When he was tried, he was found guily and hanged.

Question 7

50. How did his beliefs and spiritual sense affect people differently?

Answer 7

Some people found hope in it, whilst it infuriated some.

Question 8

51. What were the Americans fighting over during their civil war? Who was fighting against who and how long did it last?

Answer 8

• The southern American states wantd to sparate themselves from the northern states so that they could continie slavery.
• The war went on for 4 years.

Question 9

52. How did soldiers in the North of America remember John Brown’s sacrifices to abolish slavery?

Answer 9

They marched to a song about it.