Nat Turner and John Brown were justified in their actions to end slavery, but they went too far. John Brown, a radical abolitionist who didn't like the pacifist approach people were taking to end slavery and thought they needed to take action, said, “these men are all talk. What we need is action—action! !” which during a rebellion in Kansas, him and others killed 5 pro-slavery people which was known as the “Pottawatomie Massacre”. This helped motivate John Brown into planning a slave rebellion which were he …show more content…
John Brown had 21 men going to the armory with a plan to raid and free slaves and arm them to start a rebellion but they didn't succeed on their raid they had been killed or captured, John Brown was captured and was put on trial for treason. John Brown had the right idea and wanted to help the slaves but went too far with his goal and ended up being executed but was justified for his actions trying to end slavery.
Nat Turner and John Brown were justified in their actions to end slavery, but they went too far. Nat Turner, a slave of unsound mind that led an uprising against slave owners because of a “vision from god” that told him to go and kill people that owned