John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

You are to write a 1200 to 1600-word essay that demonstrates your understanding of the book of documents, John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry. Your essay needs to begin with the following sentences (but these sentences may not be used as part of your word count):

“John Brown’s beliefs about slavery and activities to destroy it hardly represented the mainstream of northern society in the years leading up to the Civil War. This rather unique man, however, has become central to an understanding and in some cases misunderstandings about the origins of the Civil War.”

Then write a sentence or two stating your thesis

The body of your paper should be built around the following questions that require you to demonstrate an understanding of documents in John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry.

1) What were the major issues and events that drove the North and South apart from 1820-1861?

2) What made John Brown an Abolitionist before his raid on Harper’s Ferry? (Examine both his experiences and his ideological framework.)

3) How did Brown—both in his beliefs and practices—attempt to destroy slavery? (Discuss more than just the raid on Harper’s Ferry.)

4) What was Brown’s relationship with the Abolitionist movement in general?

5) What was Brown attempting to do with the various letters he wrote from his jail cell while awaiting his execution?

6) In what ways did John Brown’s assault on Harper’s Ferry accelerate the coming of the Civil War?

7) How has John Brown’s life and activities answer or obscure the answer to the question of what the Civil War was about? (This can be your concluding paragraph.)

Cite sources as you have been instructed to do for the previous essays.

Other Instructions: Please ONLY use the sources mentioned in these instructions. No outside information or knowledge is allowed.

HOW TO ACCESS RESOURCES

YOU NEED TO USE:

1) ” John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry ”

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When Citing: Please cite using footnotes

Turning The Paper In: The papers will be submitted electronically. We use the SafeAssign software system, which never fails to detect plagiarism. So, if you cheat, you will be caught. Please upload it as a word document or PDF file.