History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 2009 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Reaction
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The idea
Southerners saw a terrorist, support for secession grew, and several southern states passed anti-rebellion laws in response.
In practice
A Maryland resident asking whether one could live under a government whose subjects regard Brown as a martyr.
Where people slip
Many northern antislavery advocates did consider him a martyr, comparing him to Jesus Christ. The raid failed; its consequences lay in how it was read.
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