The views of John Brown's raid of the federal armory at Harpers Ferry illustrate the changing of North-South relations between the years of 1859 and 1863. After the event occurred, many looked down upon it in order to try and prevent the inevitable Civil War. However, throughout the next few years many people began to praise him for his radical abolitionism, even to the point of martyrdom. Horace Greeley, a well known anti-slavery activist and editor of …showed first 75 words of 884 total…

…showed last 75 words of 884 total…entire North now openly praises John Brown's actions. In retrospect, the views of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry changed from 1859 to 1863 and thus did relations between the North, who generally approved which lead to Brown's martyrdom, and the South who resented the attempt to free slaves. The change of feelings in the North and the Republican influence on abolition, ultimately led to the Civil War in which Brown was immortalized in songs and minds.