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John Brown was an American abolitionist leader who fought for the equality of all races. He helped countless slaves reach freedom in his lifelong pursuit of equality but his use of violence as a necessary tool is highly controversial, even to this day.
John Brown is starting an army, and he tells Frederic Douglas he's set on it. He believes slavery cannot be abolished without violence and his speech is very convincing. This would be his first step on the path to what is now called Bleeding Kansas.
Senate Representative Preston Brooks caning Senator Charles Sumner for his speech on "The Crime Against Kansas" is an event that showed how polarized the nation had become over slavery. An event that pushed John Brown over the edge. Old Brown was coming, with his militia leading to 56 political killings called Bleeding Kansas.
It's time for a revolution. John Brown has used his funding from the Secret Six to collect guns and begin his guerrilla war against slavery. With the help of his sons, Shields Green, Louis Sheridan Leary, John Anthony Copeland JR, Osborne Perry Anderson, Dangerfield Newby & Harriet Tubman, he would seize the Federal Arsenal and hold it. Beginning the fight that is now called Bleeding Kansas.
John Brown is cornered at Harper's Ferry and Robert E Lee's army rushes the armory doors. He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on. Glory, glory, hallelujah.
