Do you think John Brown was a courageous abolitionist who died for a cause he believed in, or was he insane? Was he a martyr or a terrorist? For this honors assignment, you will look deeper into John Brown and his raid on Harpers Ferry and discuss in an essay whether you think John Brown helped the abolitionist cause. To do this, watch the short SAS videos on John Brown and analyze the documents discussing this raid in the Document Analyzer section. Make sure to take good notes on the movies and documents to use as evidence to support your answer to the following focus question:
Does John Brown?s raid on Harpers Ferry help the cause of abolition?


