Document D: John Brown's Actions (Secondary Source) On May 24, 1856, Brown led a raiding party of men to Pottawatomie Creek. For the most part, this raid was unplanned and almost spontaneous. Brown acted in retaliation for killings of free state settlers in Kansas, and persistent threats by the proslavery settlers along Pottawatomie Creek. Brown and his men entered three cabins, interrogated several men, and eventually killed five of them, all with swords and knives. Some were killed quickly, while those resisted, were cut in many places. Brown and his men then departed. Three and a half years later, on the evening of October 16, 1859, John Brown and 18 "soldiers" seized the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. He would use the arms in the arsenal to begin a war against slavery. The core of his army would be the mostly white raiders who seized the arsenal. But soon, he hoped-that hundreds of slaves would join him in the fight against the "peculiar institution." During his raid, Brown and his men had captured several slave owners in the area, including Lewis Washington, the great-grand-nephew of President George Washington. Brown did not kill any of these captured men, and he went out of his way to protect them and make sure they were not harmed. Ten days later, Brown's trial began in Charlestown, Virginia (now West Virginia). He was charged with treason, murder, and conspiring with slaves to rebel. He was convicted on November 2 and sentenced to death. Before his sentencing, Brown told the court that his actions against slavery were consistent with God's commandments.
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