The South thought it showed that all Abolitionists were violent revolutionaries.
The Abolitionists (only a small minority of Northerners) thought it made Brown a hero-martyr.
Other Northerners deplored the raid, as they felt it was drawing the country into war.
With that said, Abraham Lincoln called Brown's raid absurd.
Only the most fanatical abolitionists welcomed it.
The South felt it confirmed their suspicions that the increasingly powerful Abolitionist lobby favoured violent revolution.
Most of the North just felt exasperated that this was bringing war closer.
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Harper's Ferry
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Robert E. Lee was placed in emergency command of a US Marine unit out of Washington to end Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry.
With mixed emotions
With mixed emotions
They reacted with mixed emotions.
Not at all. The slaves remained indifferent after the event.
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Few black or white Americans were prepared to join a rebellion led by a fanatical abolitionist.
John Browns raid was at Harpers Ferry which is now in West Virginia.
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John Browns Raid took place in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
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