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My own Quote - "I highly detest this project!"

Must Include: Squirrel, Startling, Window First person presentation Props (to help remember presentation) A quote from John Brown~ "This is a beautiful country" - Brown's last words Definition of hero

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 * Hi, my name is John Brown.
 * 1) Many people consider myself a hero, and I think that I am a good candidate for being a hero.
 * 2) I believe that a hero is someone who has done an act that is impressive to another person and is someone that they look up to and admire.
 * 3) I am an abolitionist, which means that I wanted to stop slavery in America.
 * I, of course started out as a kid. Sometime, along the way, I just realized that slavery was wrong.
 * 1) I was looking out the window one day, way back when I was younger. There was a dark brown squirrel sitting on the windowsill, who was attempting to crack open a nut. It was there minding its own business, when a grey squirrel came along and startled the brown one. The grey one first took the nut from the brown squirrel and started screeching at it. The grey squirrel then chased it around the yard. The differences between them made me think slaves and slave owners.
 * 2) This was the point when I really opened my eyes to what is going on around me. Slaves are getting pushed around and massacred every day. Does it really matter what color skin people have? I think not. Slave owners are treating slaves horribly over absolutely nothing, just so they can benefit and get more money. We should be treating people the way we would want to be treated. Slave owners would not like it if all that was happening to them, so why be so harsh to others? It is all about money! I wanted to stick up for slaves and do what I thought was right...and that is exactly what I did! America is too great to have slavery exist and after all "This is a beautiful country" as I stated before my death.
 * 3) One of my first acts that I consider heroic is the Pottawatomie Massacre. I was in charge of this event and I consider it a great feat. Others may not agree, although. I took a small group of people to Pottawatomie Creek in Kansas. I was angry with the south for stating that they were determined to stop the north and that they were planning on making Kansas a slave state. I led this group of people to southerner's houses who owned slaves. We would make them step out of their doorway and then we would kill them. We killed them because we were trying to make a point to the government...not because we were murderers.
 * 4) What many poeple consider as my most well known act, though, is the Raid on Harper's Ferry. I think this is the real reason that many people may consider me a hero. This time, I was really intent on the idea of actually freeing slaves. It happened in Harper's Ferry, in Virginia where they stored arms and weapons. My initial plan was to take control of the armory with another group that I formed including both African Americans and whites. I also planned to give slaves in the surrounding area weapons and have them help other slaves escape. Of course, no plan goes the way that it is planned. The slaves were not willing to take the weapons and break their master's rules, so that is the point where we ran into a bit of a problem. We were able to take 60 people captive, and kill some, but in the end we were all captured.
 * 5) I luckily did bring good by inspiring many Americans to follow in my footsteps and I was one of the reasons that really got people thinking. At the time, helping fugitive slaves was a federal law, so I was breaking the law by helping them. Again, I wanted to do something was right and stand up for what I believed in. Of course, I was punished after I was caught, which cost me my own life. I was hanged from doing something that I believed in. I wouldn't do anything different, if I could, and I really think it was worth it. I knew that it could come down to death, but I stuck with my belief. I really wanted to help these slaves and do something about it when other abolitionists didn't.
 * 6) I would definitely give some pieces of advice to today's youth. Number one...Always believe in yourself. I believed that I could help slaves and do something about slavery, and I never gave up...even when my plans failed. I always believed in myself and it was the driving force in fulfilling my plans. Number two would be...Fight for what you believe is right. If people believe in something, but never do anything about it, then their belief will never occur. If we all had to worship the President as our god, and some people didn't agree, and no one did anything about it, it would keep on staying the same as it always was. I was not afraid of doing this and I stood up for slaves when no one else would.

Put key words on the back Props- 1. What a hero is 2. Squirrel Story 3. Money 4. This is a beautiful country 5. Pottawatomie Massacre 6. Raid on Harper's Ferry 7. Brown's death 8. Advice (Believe in yourself and Fight for what you believe is right)