Objective: Evaluate the abolitionist movement by analyzing John Brown BR: Think, Pair, and Share Agenda: Br, discuss, Compare/contrast (meaning of words activity) Bell Ringer: For each picture: 1) Who is the main character? 2) How is the main character portrayed? Content Quiz Thursday- ALL NOTES ARE ONLINE FOR REVIEW

The artist who did this political cartoon is fascinating--a Virginia Unionist named David Hunter Strother, whose pen name was Porte Crayon. Strother was quite hostile toward Brown, although in the post-war years he became something of an admirer of the Old Man of Harper's Ferry, even to the point of trying to go on the lecture circuit (with little success). Strother's Harper's Ferry work fairly well conveyed the propaganda of southern leaders, particularly the idea that enslaved people were loyal to their masters and either feared or refused to join John Brown. Of course, Brown's black raider, Osborne Anderson tells quite a different story in his 1860 memoir, A Voice from Harpers Ferry. Anderson resented the presentation of local blacks as disinterested and lacking in militancy, and he describes quite a different reception toward Brown's men on the ground at the time of the raid. Strother even served in the Union army during the Civil War.

Who was John Brown Abolitionist Recruited for rebellion-” "slave- cursed Republic be restored to the principles of the Declaration of Independence." Capture Harpers Ferry Aresnal- Arm Slaves Goal:His long-range goal was to drive southward into Tennessee and Alabama, raiding federal arsenals and inciting slave insurrections Militia-stopped his rebellion – Sons were killed” Hanged- “So let the enemies of Virginia die!”