Causes of the Civil War

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Causes of the Civil War

• Part 4
• John Browns Raid
• on Harpers Ferry

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John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry

• John Brown was an abolitionist
• Very religious
• Believed that God told him to end slavery
• Wanted to end slavery by force

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John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry

• Plan
• Attack armory at Harpers ferry
• armory- somewhere the army put the weapons
• Give guns to slaves who joined him
• Attack slave owners

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John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry

• What happened
• Attacked armory
• Gets guns
• Waits for slaves
• No slaves show up

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John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry

• Marines arrive and capture John Brown
• John Brown is hanged
• John Brown becomes a MARTYR to the abolitionists
• MARTYR is someone who dies for what they believe
• John Brown is considered a terrorist by many.

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John Browns Raid on Harpers Ferry

• Result First time a white person used violence
  to end slavery.
• Scares the South
• South begins preparing for future attacks from
  abolitionists
• -Militia begins training better.
• Militia later becomes Confederate Army
• better prepared to fight in the Civil War.