Effects of John Brown’s Raid On Northern-southern Relations

backside dark-browns attack of the national armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia involved only a few abolitionists, freed no slaves, and ended after only two short-circuit days. Browns initial idea was that after raiding the federal armory slaves would rise up and rebel against their owners, not only in the north but stilltually in the south. This was a radical idea, and although his raid was primarily condemned in the north, Brown became a hero. Southerners became offended when in the geezerhood following Browns raid northerners felt compassion and even regarded him as a hero.The southerners tho felt that he wanted to bring upheaval in the south. The issue however united the north for the spend a penny of abolishing slavery. Congress can contribute much to avert southern withdrawal from the Union by proposing an explanatory amendment of the Constitution on the subject of slavery (Doc G) The Northern conceive of John Brown had changed drastically in the years leading up to th e civil war. Initially John Brown was viewed as an irrational for his actions in Pottawatomie, Kansas.It was in Pottawatomie where Brown and a few colleagues took violent measures of vengeance against quin pro-slavery southerners in Response to the Bleeding Kansas crisis. The northern view of Brown changed however after his 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia. The northern peck did not now view him as a hero however. Many northerners viewed his raid as utterly mistaken and, in its direct consequences, pernicious. (Doc A) Southern people viewed Browns raid as a commotion and an allurement to rebellion.The previous Bleeding Kansas crisis also pushed the south more(prenominal) towards succession. It was by delegates elect by the several(prenominal) states that the Constitution of the United States was framed in 1787 and submitted to the several states for ratification that of a compact between independent states. (Doc H) President capital of Nebraska responded Having never been S tates, either in substance, or in name, outside of the Union, then this magical omnipotence of States Rights, asserting a claim of power to lawfully stamp out the Union itself? (Doc I). Both of these statements were made in 1861, and clearly represent the piece that sent our nation to war.While the years progressed the northern view of John Brown became increasingly more positive, people began to view Brown as a hero, as well as a martyr. Many believed term what he did was irrational and fanatical at the time, he paved the room for many northerners to become decided on the topic of abolition. John Browns raid ultimately made the Northern-southern relations even more strained, but caused the north to band together and fight against slavery and succession. In conclusion, the raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia pushed the North and the south farther apart, but was a small step to becoming the free country that America is today.