SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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they were feared because they did not want to lose there slave to people like John Brown.
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They were upset that useful slaves died
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They feared there would be other slave uprisings planned by people from the north who were against slavery.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Abolitionist John Brown leads a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in an attempt to start an armed revolt of enslaved people and destroy the institution of slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although the raid on Harpers Ferry was denounced by a majority of Northerners, it electrified the South-already fearful of slave rebellions-and convinced slaveholders that abolitionists would stop at nothing to eradicate slavery. It also created a martyr, John Brown, for the antislavery cause.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry increased tension between North and South because many Southerners, already weary of Northerners who were abolitionists, began to envision that all abolitionists were radicals like Brown, intent on ending slavery at any cost to Southern society.
Detailed explanation-4: -The raid on Harpers Ferry and the resulting execution of Brown was a major turning point in the American abolitionist movement, causing many peaceful abolitionists to accept more militant measures to push for the end of slavery.