Harper's Ferry

As one could imagine, this ruling by Chief Justice Taney angered many and made many happy. One of those people who got angry was our old friend, John Brown..and he was just as crazy as before.

He had an idea to establish a nation of freed slaves in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.




Brown Approached many Abolitionists for support. They were kinda creeped out.




But Brown was able to find one, Theodore Parker, who would finance a raid on an U.S. Arsenal at Harper's Ferry. There were lots of guns there. With the guns, he would arm slaves and then they would revolt.

Frederick Douglas tried to tell Brown that this plan probably wouldn't work, but remember, Brown is crazy.

One night in October, Brown and 21 followers captured the arsenal. Then they spread word to slaves to revolt.




None of the slaves were willing to run away and join the revolt.

In the morning, the local towns people surrounded Harper's Ferry with guns and trapped Brown and his people inside. Some were killed, including his sons. The rest were captured.

Brown and six others were caught and sentenced to hang, Brown never let up on his cause.

In the North, people questioned his sanity, but he was still seen as a hero.



On the Day that John Brown died, church bells rang throughout the north.

Stuff is Getting Real in Kansas..

The town of Lawrence became a center of anti slavery in the Kansas Territory. Near Lawrence, there were some shootings of pro slavery settelers, this of course brought in the gun wielding Missourians.

There were some troops nearby who waited for an order from the president to keep peace...this order never came. President Pierce was sorta kinda more into the pro slavery thing. He said the free soil government were rebels and Kansas charged them with...



So naturally, pro slavery people went to Lawrence and destroyed the town, set fires, and looted. General chaos ensued.


This became known as the Sack of Lawrence. The north was not happy.

Now it was the south's turn to not be happy.

A man by the name of John Brown moved to Kansas with his sons. He was a huge fan of abolition. Brown heard about the Sack of Lawrence and decided to act.

The thing about John Brown was that he was kind of crazy. He had crazy eyes that cannot possibly be demonstrated through a stick figure. Yes, its that crazy.

John Brown and company went to Pottawatomie Creek, drug pro slavery people from their cabis and executed them. Not just executed, but he did it with a broad sword. Yes...a broad sword.



John Brown was indeed crazy.

After the events at Lawrence and Pottawotomie, Kansas became enraged in a civil war. Lots of blood was spilled in Kansas, no compromises worked. The situation in Kansas was beyond repair.