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John Brown Links
John Brown Links
http://fair-use.org/the-liberator/1859/10/28/the-tragedy-at-harpers-ferry is written by William Lloyd Garrison about the misguided effort of John Brown.
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=569 is by William Lloyd Garrison and describes his hope for the end of the oppression of slavery.
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Plea_for_Captain_John_Brown Henry David Thoreau explains Brown's background and the possibility of further violence in coming days.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/johnbrown.htm is the account of Robert E. Lee when he captures John Brown at Harpers Ferry.
https://www.vmi.edu/archives/manuscripts/new-market--vmi-in-the-civil-war/john-brown-execution Cadets at execution of John Brown VMI Participation John Brown Hanging Documents November 1859 - January 1860 Abolitionist John Brown (1800-1859) was captured and sentenced to die following his raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, [West] Virginia. Fearing the possibility of another uprising by Brown's supporters, the Governor of Virginia accepted the offer of VMI's Superintendent, Francis H. Smith, to send a part of the Corps of Cadets to provide an additional military presence at the execution, which was to take place at Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia).
http://www.vmi.edu/archives has a large archive of primary sources.
https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/civil-war/John-Brown.htm "On the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown led a multiracial group of abolitionists against the U.S. Arsenal at Harpers Ferry in Jefferson County, Virginia, with the purpose of launching an armed Black uprising against the institution of slavery." Library of Virginia Civil War Research Guide
The Last Moments of John Brown
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hovenden is an 1884 oil on canvas painting by Thomas Hovenden
http://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-state-capitol-online-tour-tragic-prelude/16595 is a 1938-1940 mural painting by John Steuart Curry that is showcased on the second floor rotunda of the Kansas Capitol.
https://www.kshs.org/teachers/pdfs/tragic_prelude_middle.pdf This mural is located in the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. It shows John Brown, an abolitionist, during the time called “Bleeding Kansas.” This mural has many examples of symbolism. Study the painting and find the symbols that Curry used. Write the answers in the column to the left of the description. When you have finished you may color the picture on the other side.
http://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-state-capitol-online-tour-tragic-prelude/16595 is a 1938-1940 mural painting by John Steuart Curry that is showcased on the second floor rotunda of the Kansas Capitol.
"Many white Northerners condemned Brown's actions but thought him right in his conviction that slavery had to end. Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and his execution further polarized North and South and were inciting events of the American Civil War." https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/civil-war/John-Brown.htm
John Brown & Abolitionism R.A.F.T.
John Brown & Abolitionism R.A.F.T.
Role: Abolitionist
Audience: 1859 Americans
Format: Newspaper Editorial
Topic: Did John Brown help or hurt the cause of abolitionism? Did he truly put the institution of slavery on trial?
Review the Study Guide III terms Nat Turner, John Brown, Kansas-Nebraska Act, and Harpers Ferry.
John Brown: Hero or Villain Guide
John Brown: Hero or Villain Guide
All files mentioned under the instructions are posted at the bottom of this page.
Take the John Brown Guide from the shelf and head it.
Watch five-minute John Brown video clip from The Story of Us. While watching the video, the teacher will pass out the John Brown Sources.
Review Hero or Villain Powerpoint and determine whether the pictures of historic and fictional people are heroes or villains by holding up a thumb for each hero and holding down a thumb for each villain.
Analyze the two John Brown paintings in color and then begin answering the three primary and two primary sources.
Complete the John Brown: Hero or Villain Guide before the end of the period or it becomes homework.
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