Chapter 11
Important People
recommended
that a federal arsenal be built at Harpers Ferry
George Washington
abolitionist, led the raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown
abolitionist, John Brown’s father, involved in the underground
railroad
Owen Brown
abolitionist, John Brown’s son, involved in the fighting in Kansas, suffered a mental breakdown after the attack
on Pottawatomie Creek.
John Brown, Jr.
abolitionist, John Brown’s son, would have been hanged
except for the intervention of a Kentucky judge
Jason Brown
a Presbyterian minister and newspaper publisher, who had been killed by a proslavery mob in Alton,
Illinois,
Elijah Lovejoy
demanded that slaves be given the freedoms promised by the
Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.
William Lloyd
Garrison
Senator of Massachusetts publicly criticized the Missourians for their interference in
Kansas. criticized Senator Andrew P. Butler of South Carolina, was beat with
a cane on the floor of the Senate
Charles Sumner
Butler’s nephew, was enraged by the attack on his uncle. With his cane, he attacked Sumner on the floor of the Senate until the Massachusetts senator lay bleeding
at his feet.
Preston Brooks
name John Brown used while planning his attack on
Harpers Ferry.
Isaac Smith
one of John Brown’s followers, a black man, was able to
escape after he was captured by federal troops.
Osborn Anderso
n
President at the time of John Brown’s raid, contacted Colonel Robert E. Lee and ordered him to take command of the forces at Harpers Ferry and put down the rebellion at any cost.
James Buchanan
He made a last-ditch effort to persuade Brown to
surrender, but Brown chose to fight.
J.E.B. Stuart
suggested that the struggle in Illinois was more than a mere struggle in support of black people. He claimed that it was an
example of how all United States citizens were slaves to southern mob
law.
Laurence Hickok
ordered to take command of the forces at Harpers Ferry and put down the rebellion at any cost.
Robert E. Lee
where John Brown and seven followers massacred five
proslavery settlers, including two teenagers. Four of the
bodies were viciously mutilated.
Pottawatomie Creek
where they burned homes and plundered the land. It marked a turning point in the struggle for
Kansas.
Osawatomie
location of the federal arsenal, site of John Brown’s raid.
Harpers Ferry