Editing Abolitionism (section)

===[[File:JohnBrown.png]] John Brown Thought===
'''John Brown''' was a radical abolitionist who fought in Bleeding Kansas and led an unsuccessful slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry. Brown was raised in a [[File:Calvinist_Theocracy.png]] [[Protestant Theocracy|Puritan]] family which would profoundly influence his views. He believed that God was using him to act as a new [[File:Moses.png]] [[Jewish Theocracy|Moses]] who would lead another race of people out of bondage. Brown believed that violence was necessary to end slavery since decades of peace had failed. Brown was a leader of abolitionist forces in Bleeding Kansas, a state level civil war to determine whether Kansas would be a slave or free state. Brown and his sons killed five slavery supporters in the Pottawatomie massacre and would lead abolitionist forces at the Battle of Black Jack and the Battle of Osawatomie.

In October 1859, Brown led a raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia hoping to start a slave rebellion that would engulf the entire South. The plan however was poorly executed leading to Brown's capture by [[File:Cball-CSA.png]] [[Confederalism|Robert E. Lee]]. Brown was tried for treason and was executed by hanging. His actions were a huge contributing factor to the Civil War with Southerners viewing him as a madman and terrorist while Northerners viewed him as a martyr and hero.