SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
BLOODY KANSAS
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Question
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John Brown
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Henry Clay
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Dred Scott
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Daniel Webster
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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: -He participated in the underground railroad and in 1851 helped found the League of Gileadites, an organization of whites, free blacks, and runaway slaves dedicated to protecting fugitive slaves from slave catchers. In the 1840s Brown was in contact with such antislavery leaders as Gerrit Smith and Frederick Douglass.
Detailed explanation-3: -Severely wounded and taken to the jail in Charles Town, Virginia, John Brown stood trial for treason against the commonwealth of Virginia, for murder, and for conspiring with slaves to rebel. On 2 November a jury convicted him and sentenced him to death.