John Brown had a slow arc to his militaristic hatred of slavery. He further careened with the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and then the Kansas-Nebraska Act really pushed him over the line. This really energized supporters and opponents of slavery and expansion.
Then came the Sacking of Lawrence, Kansas, May 21, 1856.
He had a son living in Kansas and John Brown gathered guns and went to Kansas. He established a militia group he called the Liberty Guards (which was mostly John Brown and his sons). His group came upon five pro-slavery men in Kansas and hacked them to death in what became known as Potawatomie Massacre on May 24, 1856.
At this time, John Brown was becoming a national figure.
He spend the next three years traveling throughout the North gathering support, men and guns with an idea of of an attack on the armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
--Old Secesh
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