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 Garriso n

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 Anderson

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. Pottawatomi e 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