Why was John Brown a good man?

By A. Student

America was shocked by John Brown’s raid on the Arsenal at

Harper’s Ferry in 1859.

John Brown truly believed that slavery was evil.

John Brown was a tall, fierce-eyed, Bible-quoting white man.

He was a good man.

John Brown was born into a deeply religious family in Torrington,Ct. in 1800.

He raised his children (he would father 20 children) to read the

Bible and believe in good over evil.

He tried to free the enslaved African Americans.He fought for

freedom.

His two sons died fighting with him to free the slaves and he was

hung on Dec.2,1859.

Was John Brown a good man?

Yes, I believe he was.

RESOURCES

EARLY AMERICA 1877, Glencoe Press, p.557

Site: ey.glencoe.com Chptr 17

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