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    Some people believe that John Brown was a terrorist ‚and some believe that he is a freedom Fighter. My belief is that he was a freedom fighter ‚and not a terrorist. He was not because none of his actions were meant to cause fear to anybody. His raid on Harpers Ferry was not a terrorist attack. His attack was not meant to cause fear. He just wanted the guns in the armory. He did not want anybody to die in the raid. That is what happened at Harpers Ferry and next is Pottawatomie. His killings

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    Gilbert History 108 Mr. Marcum November 20‚ 2012 John Brown: America’s First Terrorist? By Paul Finkelman This is an article written (Prologue Magazine Spring 2011‚ Vol. 43‚ No. 1) by: Paul Finkelman‚ in his article he describes the life and actions of John Brown‚ an anti-slave rights activist. He questions whether John Brown was “America’s First Terrorist” with the use of arguments presented by other historians and authors. John Brown led a few men and his sons on a murderous journey in

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    John Brown was brought into this world by his parents who were Owen Brown (father) and Ruth Mills Brown (mother) in Torrington‚ Connecticut on May 4‚ 1800. His father‚ Owen Brown‚ made a living with making leather from skin off of animals as a tanner while his mother died in his childhood. Early in his childhood his parents instilled in him religious backgrounds and views on slavery. At around 12 years old‚ Brown witnessed the wrongful abuse of an African American boy. Seeing this made Brown view

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    John Brown Essay Looking back in history‚ in the years leading up to the Civil War‚ many important events took place which defined the course of history and overall sparked the Civil War. John Brown was an abolitionist‚ born and raised in the North and with the conception that slavery was evil. Brown took extreme measures in the fight to abolish slavery once and for all in the South and West. His fight for ending slavery turned violent and turned into massacres and murdering sprees. After reviewing

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    John Brown died that the slaves might be free‚ But his soul goes marching on.” During the civil war John Brown’s Body‚ was a popular song choice for Union soldiers and supporters because of it’s ties to heroism and courage. John Brown was born on May 9‚ 1800‚ in Torrington Connecticut. John’s father‚ Owen Brown‚ was a strict Calvinist and an outspoken civil servant who advocated for the abolition of slavery. When John was young his family moved to Ohio‚ where his father opened up a successful tannery

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    John Brown How one views John Brown’s place in American history depends widely on where one is located geographically. If one is in the middle of the United States in a state like Kansas then one might have the view that John Brown’s efforts to keep slavery from spreading westward are heroic. If one is in the Southern region of the country you might have the viewpoint that Brown was nothing more than a terrorist that acted unjustifiably with his actions at Harpers Ferry. Brown himself obviously felt

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    “A Dark Brown Dog” Character Analysis In Stephen Crane’s “A Dark Brown Dog” it is clear that people are capable of change‚ for example‚ in the beginning‚ In the beginning‚ the boy views the dog as an unimportant object with no value: “on the way to his home the child turned many times and beat the dog‚ proclaiming with childish gestures that he held him in contempt as an unimportant dog‚ with no value save for the moment” (Crane 2). This shows how the child would hit the dog because of the way

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    John Brown’s address to the Virginia Court Origin: The address given by John Brown to the Virginia court was his final words before execution on charges of treason. The charges were given because of a raid that he directed with the intent to take federal weapons which is an act of treason. On October 16th-18th‚ 1859‚ the radical abolitionist John Brown led a group of white and black men‚ including two of his sons‚ on Harpers Ferry‚ Virginia. Brown’s goal was to seize the federal arsenal‚ arm

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    but who I have in my life that counts” (Community Family). In The Pearl by John Steinbeck‚ Kino is man who is satisfied with his life and family; in “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers‚ Greg is a boy who is disrespectful toward his father. As the stories continued‚ Kino because unsatisfied when he found a pearl and began dreaming about a better future; Greg started to respect his father because Lemon Brown showed him the treasure and Greg understood his father is trying to do what

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    Name: __________________________ Class: __________________________ Ruth Brown Questions 1. What singers inspired Ruth Brown? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why did she run away from home in 1945? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What was the first record label that signed

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