34. The Republican Party is created and grows very
quickly
The name “Republican” appealed to many
groups and had a historical connection to
Thomas Jefferson and Henry Clay
The most important plank of the party was that it
was opposed to the extension of slavery – so the
common ground for this party in 1856 was what
is was against, not necessarily what it was for!
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44. • John Brown had been
active in Kansas, had no
faith in the political
system, and firmly
believed that slavery was
a sin which the country
had to pay for in blood
• Brown openly helped
slaves escape to Canada
• Brown moved to
Maryland in 1859 and
rented a farm
• He collected an army of
21 men
John Brown’s Raid On Harper’s Ferry
45. October 16, 1859
• Brown and his men raid the Federal arsenal
at Harper’s Ferry
• He intends to liberate the slaves of the South
• The slaves do not rise up in revolt
• Brown fortifies himself in the fire house in
Harper’s Ferry and waits – he should have
fled to the hills
• Federal troops – Marines- arrive under the
command of Robert E. Lee and Jeb Stuart
46. John Brown Is Hanged
• Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859 in Charles Town
• Over 5,000 militia come to Charles Town to maintain
security and/or to watch
• Professor Thomas J. Jackson led the corps of cadets from
Virginia Military Institute to the hanging
• John Wilkes Booth joined the Richmond Militia in order to
come to this hanging
• Brown spoke before he was hanged and said that the
United States would pay in blood for its sin of slavery
• John Brown becomes the Martyr of Abolition
• Six of Brown’s men are hanged after him ( at a later date)
• “John Brown’s Body” became one of the most famous
songs of the era
