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The years leading up to the Civil War were ones marked by escalating tensions between the North and the South. The North and the South disagreed on almost every issue they faced, from politics, where the Southern Democrats faced off with the Northern Republicans, to the most prevalent issue of the time, slavery. John Browns raid on the Harpers Ferry arsenal, although a failure, served to further escalated the animosity between the North and the South by dividing the country through their reactions to the raid.
In the North, people generally reacted to Browns raid in one of two ways, either by openly celebrating and honoring him as a hero, or by praising his motive but rejecting his means. ... Those who applauded Browns passion for his cause but condemned the raid as unlawful were the less avid abolitionists; they were the everyday people, who wanted slavery to end, but wanted it ended in a proper and lawful manner.
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