Analytical Essay: The Murder Of John Brown

“The crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood (John Brown)”. John Brown used violence and killed many people. Not only that, but the death of two of his sons was not enough to stop him from moving on. Brown was so determined that he believed it was God’s wish that he abolishes slavery. He thought he was made for this job only. John Brown reckoned violence is the solution to achieve his goal and be successful. He led a raid on Harper’s Ferry with several men. The motive behind this was to start up a slave insurrection. But the first man killed during the raid was a black.Though Brown’s intentions were noble, the way he acted upon them were not. Therefore, John Brown is guilty of trespassing, treason, and murder.
The whole reason Brown planned the raid and trained men was to put the slaves out of their misery. He felt so bad to see them treated in such a poor manner as if they weren't human at all. Brown thought that he could help free them and make a difference in the nation. “By early 1858, he had succeeded in enlisting a small “army” of insurrectionists whose mission was to foment rebellion among the slaves(Eric Foner and John A. Garraty)” In order to abolish slavery he planned an insurrection, which brought so much destruction. Brown could have done things peacefully. Brown had seen so much as a little kid, that he was scarred for life. When younger, he saw a slave being hit with an iron shovel. Also, during his insurrections, two of Brown’s sons were killed. Part of the reason why John Brown believed so much in violence could be that he had witnessed so many brutal incidents around him. At Pottawatomie Creek“, Brown's group dragged out helpless victims and hacked at their heads with the broadswords. In one encounter, they even killed two sons of an individual they sought. Before the night was through, five victims lay brutally slain by the hands of John Brown(USHistory)”. Just because fatal incidents happened with brown’s family, doesn't give him the right to go and destroy others. Brown tried to create awareness in the state of Virginia about the dreadful things that occur behind the scenes of slavery. He wanted to show the people what a horrible things slavery can be and how it is fantasized to the outside world, but in real-life is a horrid entity. Brown had been whipped himself, so he can empathize what the slaves must be feeling. “John Brown's plan seemed fairly straightforward: he and his men would establish a base in the Blue Ridge Mountains from which they would assist runaway slaves and launch attacks on slaveholders(PBS)”. Even though he was just trying to save the slaves, it was