Question

What were the results of John Brown's raid?

A popular song denounced Brown and the deaths he caused.
The trial was deliberately not publicized..
Troops were stationed throughout the South.
The South feared a Northern plot to start a slave rebellion.
John Brown became an abolitionist martyr.

Answer 1

True: 3, 4, 5. False: 1, 2.

- 1 (False) — The best-known song about him, "John Brown's Body," praised him rather than denounced him.
- 2 (False) — Brown’s trial was public and widely reported in Northern and Southern newspapers.
- 3 (True) — Southern states mobilized militias and posted more troops and patrols to guard against uprisings.
- 4 (True) — The raid intensified Southern fear of a Northern conspiracy to incite slave rebellions.
- 5 (True) — After his execution Brown was hailed by many in the North as an abolitionist martyr.