Why did Thoreau and other abolitionists praise John Brown?
SAT · US History · previous-year question
- A.They approved of using violence to change laws.
- B.They looked forward eagerly to a war between North and South.
- C.They wanted to see as many slavers killed as possible.
- D.They admired his long history of helping African Americans and dealing fairly with them.
- E.They felt that Brown had taken an appropriate revenge for Congressman Brooks's attack on Senator Sumner.
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