John Brown was a man who lived in the mid-nineteenth century and fought against slavery. John Brown firmly believed that slavery was wrong, and this is true, but he thought that to abolish slavery violence would be the best way, that's where he went wrong because violence cannot be justified except in selfishness. defense, Brown's attacks were not in self-defense but were acts of revenge against slave owners, so Brown's attack had no justification. As pointed out before, he was wrong when he led the raid on Pottawatomie Creek and the raid on Harpers Ferry. The first raid led by John Brown took place on the night of May 24, 1856, on Pottawatomie Creek. It consisted of seven other men besides himself; the result is the killing of five men. These five men were brutally killed with sabers, and these men supported slavery but were not even slave owners. And then they also ran away with the stolen goods. On October 16, 1859, Brown led 21 men in another raid on Harpers Ferry. Brown expected to steal weapons from the US arsenal and once he got the weapons he thought the slaves would join him in a revolt to end slavery at that time, but even though Brown was fighting for them, the slaves they didn't join him because after seeing him in action, they felt he was too dangerous to join. Some see John Brown as selfless, courageous, and heroic because he was willing to die for his cause. Even many pacifists, who believe that violence is unjustifiable, overlook his acts of violence because he was willing to die for his anti-slavery stance. They felt that in the times they lived in, violence could be justified, even if they themselves would not use violence,...... half of the document...... first anti-slavery campaign. Works Cited http:/ /www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/brown/john_brown_menu.cfm http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2011/spring/brown.html http://www.newsandsentinel. com/page/content .detail/id/513932/John-Brown-a-killer--not-a-hero.htm http://rhassig.edublogs.org/john-brown-terrorist/ http://www. historynet.com/john -browns-family-a-living-legacy.htm http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/brown/john_brown_menu.cfm http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ brown/filmmore/reference /interview/washington06.html http://www.marxists.org/archive/debs/works/1907/johnbrown.htm http://spot.colorado.edu/~chernus/NonviolenceBook/Abolitionists.htm http://www .pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4i2975.html http://www.cfhi.net/DavidWalkerBlackWilmingtonAbolitionist.phphttp://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/the-power-of-non -violence/