John Brown's Raid DBQ
John Brown’s Raid DBQ Many different views and ideas about John Brown flew around the North before the Civil War. Debates and arguments sprung up about whether Brown’s actions and means could or should be justified. Some agreed only partially with Brown. Document A proves that with Horace Greeley’s statement “And, while we heartily wish every slave in the world would run away from his master tomorrow and never be retaken, we should not feel justified in entering a slave state to incite them to do so, even if we were sure to succeed in the enterprise.” Greeley is merely saying that he approves of Browns means but not his violent way of going about accomplishing those means. Some others, though, fully agreed with Browns actions and means.
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Douglass wrote this letter to a group of abolitionists on July 4, 1860, which was an election year. His letter of support for Brown placed him in the Topeka tribunes’ first class of man. This proved to be more of the changing relations. Also note that Douglass agrees with Thoreau’s endorsement of Brown. The huge, major, largest change over time is shown in document G. This song is dated in 1861, during the Civil War time. Browns song was sung by Union soldiers as they went in to battle. This shows that Brown is now seen as a hero. This shows that once the war is under way, the people who once criticized Brown now unite to agree with Thoreau and Douglass who always saw him as a hero. Lastly was the widespread news about Brown. Document H shows how this happened. It is a Currier and Ives lithograph of Brown heading to the gallows. Brown is shown to be calm, gentle looking, and notice how he is the tallest figure in the room. This was probably done on purpose, like in document G, to show Brown as a hero figure. Notice that the soldiers around Brown look evil and how Virginia’s flag hangs above Browns head. This may suggest that the south is evil to even calm, gentle people. Also the statue of justice in the bottom left corner is blindfolded to suggest that there was no real justice involved. Since this lithograph is a Currier and Ives print, it could be seen by many because it was rather
Douglass wrote this letter to a group of abolitionists on July 4, 1860, which was an election year. His letter of support for Brown placed him in the Topeka tribunes’ first class of man. This proved to be more of the changing relations. Also note that Douglass agrees with Thoreau’s endorsement of Brown. The huge, major, largest change over time is shown in document G. This song is dated in 1861, during the Civil War time. Browns song was sung by Union soldiers as they went in to battle. This shows that Brown is now seen as a hero. This shows that once the war is under way, the people who once criticized Brown now unite to agree with Thoreau and Douglass who always saw him as a hero. Lastly was the widespread news about Brown. Document H shows how this happened. It is a Currier and Ives lithograph of Brown heading to the gallows. Brown is shown to be calm, gentle looking, and notice how he is the tallest figure in the room. This was probably done on purpose, like in document G, to show Brown as a hero figure. Notice that the soldiers around Brown look evil and how Virginia’s flag hangs above Browns head. This may suggest that the south is evil to even calm, gentle people. Also the statue of justice in the bottom left corner is blindfolded to suggest that there was no real justice involved. Since this lithograph is a Currier and Ives print, it could be seen by many because it was rather