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How did americans respond to john brown’s raid??

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this has to parts because the south and north differ
Many Northerners saw him as a hero and martyr to abolition. Many Southerners saw Brown as a lunatic whose extreme views were representative of the antislavery movement.
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The responses to John Brown's Raid on Harper Ferry.

John Brown was trying to invade a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in hopes that he would gain support from abolitionists and essentially start a rebellion that would end slavery in the United States.

Many Northern abolitionists saw John Brown as a hero who was trying to get rid of the evil institution of slavery in the United States. Many Southerners, especially ones who owned slaves, saw Brown as a crazy and violent individual who was trying to ruin the Southern way of life.

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