In the 1850's and 60's the North and South were becoming more hostile towards each other due to changing views and small incidents of dislike toward the others views. One of those incidents was John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia. John Brown's goal was to steal enough weapons from the national armory and gather enough men so they could march into Kansas and force them to be a colony or state for runaway slaves. …
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…well. Their views didn't change as much, in 1859 they thought of Brown as a lone incident not leading to anything, but as the months went on they learner more would follow. They found out that Brown just provoked more incidents of hate between the North and South. In conclusion it is clear to see that John Brown became a hero in the North and was a main reason for the start of the civil war.