LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE FIGHT TO END SLAVERY
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Question
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He was an extreme abolitionist who tried to arm slaves.
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Nat Turner
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Stephen Douglas
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John Brown
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Preston Brooks
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -When the abolitionist John Brown seized the largest Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in October of 1859, he forced the citizens of the United States to reconsider the immorality of the institution of slavery and the injustices enforced by the government.
Detailed explanation-2: -When Brown was hanged in 1859 for his raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, many saw him as the harbinger of the future. For Southerners, he was the embodiment of all their fears-a white man willing to die to end slavery-and the most potent symbol yet of aggressive Northern antislavery sentiment.
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